Etymology

snaky

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Today it means: Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike. Full definition →

English snake ← Middle English snake ← Old English snaca
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*sneganą
  2. Proto-Germanic*snakaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*snakan
  4. Proto-West Germanic*snakō
  5. Old Englishsnaca
  6. Middle Englishsnake
  7. Englishsnake
  8. English todaysnaky

From snake + -y.

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