Where does “snapsglas” come from?

snapsglas (Swedish) comes from Swedish glas, from Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

snapsglas (Swedish): a shot glass for drinking snaps (traditionally tall, with a foot, and shaped like a narrow inverted cone, holding about 6 centiliters)

Definitions

  1. a shot glass for drinking snaps (traditionally tall, with a foot, and shaped like a narrow inverted cone, holding about 6 centiliters)

Ancestry of “snapsglas”, step by step

snapsglas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish glas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishglasglass
2Old Swedishglas—
3Middle Low Germanglasglass
4Old Saxonglasglass
5Proto-West Germanicglasglass
6Proto-Germanicglasąglass
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

via English snaps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsnapsplural of snap; Third-person singular simple...
2GermanSchnapsspirit, booze, hard liquor
3Low GermanSnapps—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- →