Where does “snaiw” come from?

snaiw (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snaiw (Proto-West Germanic): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “snaiw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
2Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snaiw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →