sniegs
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- snow frozen water that falls as precipitation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas inherited from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (snow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*snóygʷʰos
Gloss
snow
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sneygʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *snóygʷʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *snaiwaz Proto-Germanic
- snjóva Old Norse
- *sněgъ Proto-Slavic
- balts Latvian
- putenis Latvian
- sniegains Latvian
- sniegbalts Latvian
- sniegputenis Latvian
- *snáyǰʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sniegas Lithuanian
- *snáigas Proto-Balto-Slavic