The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*snūtaz
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*snūt
- Middle Dutch · derived fromsnute
- Middle English · derived fromsnowte
- Scots · borrowed fromsnoot
- English todaysnoot
From Scots snoot, snout (“snout”), from Middle English snowte, from Middle Dutch snute; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Doublet of snout.
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*snūt all →
snow
Proto-Germanic*snūtaz all →
snow
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.