Where does “สโนว์ไวต์” come from?
สโนว์ไวต์ (Thai) comes from English Snow White, from German Schneewittchen, from German Low German Sneewittken, from German Low German witt, from Old Saxon hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.
สโนว์ไวต์ (Thai): Snow White
Definitions
- Snow White
Ancestry of “สโนว์ไวต์”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Snow White | A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs |
| 2 | German | Schneewittchen | a girl or woman with black or dark brown hair and... |
| 3 | German Low German | Sneewittken | — |
| 4 | German Low German | witt | white; clean |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hwīt | white |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hwīt | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hwītaz | white |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱweytos | bright; shine; shine; bright |