Etymology

snowbound

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Today it means: Prevented from moving or traveling due to snow or snowy weather. Full definition →

English bound ← Middle English bownde ← Old Norse búinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snóygʷʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*snaiwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*snaiw
  5. Old Englishsnāw
  6. Middle Englishsnow
  7. Englishsnow
  8. Old Norsebúinn
  9. Middle Englishbownde
  10. Englishbound
  11. English todaysnowbound

From snow + -bound.

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