The story
- Yiddish · borrowed fromשנויץ
- English todayschnozz
Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts); cognate with German Schnauze and a doublet of snout; compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.