Where does “avsnitt” come from?

avsnitt (Swedish) comes from Swedish snitt, from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.

avsnitt (Swedish): paragraph; piece of text; episode; an instalment...

Definitions

  1. paragraph; piece of text; episode; an instalment...

Ancestry of “avsnitt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnitta cut; an average; face, section, cut
2Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
3Middle High Germansnit—
4Old High Germansnit—
5Proto-West Germanic*snid—
6Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece
Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →