Where does “שנויץ” come from?

שנויץ (Yiddish) comes from German Schnauze, from Middle Low German snûte, from Old Dutch snūt, from Proto-Germanic snūtaz — snout.

שנויץ (Yiddish): snout

Definitions

  1. snout

Ancestry of “שנויץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchnauzesnout; muzzle; shut up!
2Middle Low Germansnûte—
3Old Dutchsnūt—
4Proto-Germanicsnūtazsnout

Words derived from “שנויץ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic snūtaz →Every word from Old Dutch snūt →Every word from Middle Low German snûte →