Etymology

snew

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Today it means: To snow. Full definition →

Middle English snewen ← Old English snīwan ← Proto-Germanic *snīwaną
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snew · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*sneygʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*snīwaną
  3. Old English · inherited fromsnīwan“to snow”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsnewen
  5. English todaysnew

From Middle English snewen, from Old English snīwan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-.

snew · verb2

See snow.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰ- all →

subnival

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