Etymology

snork

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Today it means: To snore. Full definition →

Dutch snorken ← Middle Low German snorken ← Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*fnoʀukōn“to snore, snort”
  2. Middle Low German · borrowed fromsnorken
  3. Dutch · borrowed fromsnorken
  4. English todaysnork

From Dutch snorken or Middle Low German snorken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn (“to snore, snort”).

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