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Where does “Snee” come from?

Snee (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian snē, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

Snee (Saterland Frisian): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “Snee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiansnē—
2Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →