Etymology

snowwoman

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Today it means: A female version of a snowman, i.e. having female characteristics Full definition →

Middle English woman ← Old English wīfmann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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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. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  10. Old Englishwīf
  11. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  12. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  13. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  14. Old Englishmann
  15. Old Englishwīfmann
  16. Middle Englishwoman
  17. English todaysnowwoman

From snow + -woman.

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