subnival

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sneygʷʰ-“to snow”
2. Latin · derived fromsub-
3. Late Latin · derived fromsubnivalis
4. German · borrowed fromsubnival
5. English todaysubnival

PIE word *upó From sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + nival (“abounding with snow; snow-covered, snowy; found or thriving in snowy conditions”), borrowed from German subnival, from Late Latin subnivalis, from Latin sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + nivālis (“snow-covered; snowy”) (from nix (“snow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)).

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