snjór
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- snow
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (snow) derived 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
- snawig Old English
- snāw Old English
- snaw Middle English
- snawe Middle English
- snow Middle English
- snowe Middle English
- skriða Old Norse
- snjór, snær Old Norse
- snjóskriða Old Norse
- snjóva Old Norse
- snær Old Norse
- *sněgъ Proto-Slavic
- snjógæs Icelandic
- snjókoma Icelandic
- snjór Icelandic
- snjóstormur Icelandic
- snjótittlingur Icelandic
- snēo Old High German
- snê Middle High German
- snē Middle High German
- Schnéi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic
- *snaiw gmw-pro
- snēo Old Dutch
- *snáyǰʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- snē Old Frisian
- *snáigas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Schnie Central Franconian