Where does “snitt” come from?
snitt (Swedish) comes from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz.
snitt (Swedish): a cut; an average; face, section, cut
Definitions
- a cut; an average; face, section, cut
Ancestry of “snitt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | schnitt | first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | snit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | snit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *snid | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *snidaz | — |
Words derived from “snitt”