Etymology

snood

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Today it means: A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women. Full definition →

Middle English snod ← Old English snōd ← Proto-West Germanic *snōdu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*snoh₁téh₂“yarn, thread”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*snōdō“rope, string”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*snōdu
  4. Old English · inherited fromsnōd“headdress, fillet, snood”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromsnod
  6. English todaysnood

From Middle English snod, from Old English snōd (“headdress, fillet, snood”), from Proto-West Germanic *snōdu, from Proto-Germanic *snōdō (“rope, string”), from Proto-Indo-European *snoh₁téh₂ (“yarn, thread”), from *sneh₁(i)- (“to twist, wind, weave, plait”). Cognate with Scots snuid (“snood”), Swedish snod, snodd (“twist, twine”). Compare also Old Saxon snōva (“necklace”), Old Norse snúa (“to turn, twist”), snúðr (“a twist, twirl”), English needle.

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