The story
- Old English · inherited frombesnīwian“to cover with snow”
- Middle English · inherited frombesnewen
- English todaybesnow
From Middle English besnewen, from Old English besnīwian (“to cover with snow”); equivalent to be- + snow. Cognate with Dutch besneeuwen (“to snow, snow in”), German beschneien (“to cover with snow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.