Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snaiwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑi̯.wɑz/

Noun

*snaiwaz m

1. snow

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *snaiwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snaiwaz	*snaiwōz, *snaiwōs
vocative	*snaiw	*snaiwōz, *snaiwōs
accusative	*snaiwą	*snaiwanz
genitive	*snaiwas, *snaiwis	*snaiwǫ̂
dative	*snaiwai	*snaiwamaz
instrumental	*snaiwō	*snaiwamiz

Derived terms

• *snaiwahwītaz

Related terms

• *snīwaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snaiw
  • Old English: snāw
    • Middle English: snow, snaw, snowe, snawe, snowȝ, snoȝ, snogh, snou
      • English: snow
      • Scots: snaw
      • Yola: sneow, sneew, snowe, snow
  • Old Frisian: snē
    • North Frisian: snä
    • Saterland Frisian: Snee
    • West Frisian: snie
  • Old Saxon: snēo, snēu
    • Middle Low German: snê
      • German Low German: Snei, Snee, Sneei
      • Plautdietsch: Schnee
  • Old Dutch: snēo
    • Middle Dutch: snêe
      • Dutch: sneeuw, snee (now dialectal, otherwise obsolete)
        • Afrikaans: sneeu
        • Negerhollands: sneew
        • → Papiamentu: sneu, sneeuw
        • → Sranan Tongo: snew
      • Limburgish: snieë
  • Old High German: snēo
    • Middle High German: snē
      • Alemannic German: Schnee

        Swabian: Schnéa, Schnéé

        Italian Walser: schnee, schnei, schnia, schné, schnìj

      • Bavarian: Schnää, Schnèj, schnea, sghneab

        Cimbrian: snea, snèa

        Mòcheno: schnea

      • Central Franconian: Schnie

        Hunsrik: Schnee

      • German: Schnee
      • Luxembourgish: Schnéi
      • Rhine Franconian: Schnäi, Schnee, Schnei, Schnie

        Pennsylvania German: Schnee

      • Vilamovian: śnej
      • Yiddish: שניי (shney)
• Old Norse: snjór, snjár, snær
  • Icelandic: snjór, snjár, snær
  • Faroese: snjógvur
  • Norn: snju, snaa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snjo, snø; (dialectal) snjór'e, sny
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snø
  • Jamtish: snǿ
  • Elfdalian: sniųo
  • Old Swedish: sniōr
    • Swedish: snö
  • Old Danish: sniō, snø̄, snē
    • Danish: sne
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sne
    • Scanian: sný
  • Gutnish: snåi
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws)