Etymology

snowmelt

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Today it means: Runoff from melting snow. Full definition →

English melt ← Middle English snow ← Old English snāw
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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. Englishmelt
  9. English todaysnowmelt

From snow + melt.

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