Etymology

sneck

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Today it means: A latch or catch. Full definition →

Middle English snek ← Old English *snecce ← Proto-West Germanic *snakikā
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*snak-“to blow; sniff; nibble”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*snakikā
  3. Old English · inherited from*snecce
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsnek
  5. English todaysneck

From Middle English snek, sneke, snekke, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots sneck. Possibly from Old English *snecce, from Proto-West Germanic *snakikā, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snak- (“to blow; sniff; nibble”) and thus related to English snatch.

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