Where does “snövall” come from?
snövall (Swedish) comes from Swedish snö, from Old Swedish sniōr, from Old Norse snær, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.
snövall (Swedish): a snowbank (bank of snow)
Definitions
- a snowbank (bank of snow)
Ancestry of “snövall”, step by step
snövall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish snö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | snö | snow; frozen, crystalline water falling as... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sniōr | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | snær | snow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | snaiwaz | snow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | snóygʷʰos | snow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sneygʷʰ- | to snow |
via Swedish vall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vall | a bank (long sloping elevation on the ground), often in the form of a wall (cognate) of earth, gravel, or the like, used as a primitive fortification (but also of for example snow), an embankment, an earthwork |
| 2 | Old Swedish | valder | — |
| 3 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | to see, perceive |