Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snuttuz

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

Alternative forms

*snuttaz

Etymology

Reflecting pre-Germanic *snutnús, likely back-formed from the accusative plural of an old n-stem *snéuþô (or similar), whence also the form *snuttaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *snew- (“to flow, run; moisture”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnut.tuz/

Noun

*snuttuz m

(West Germanic) Nasal mucus; snot

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *snuttuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snuttuz	*snuttiwiz
vocative	*snuttu	*snuttiwiz
accusative	*snuttų	*snuttunz
genitive	*snuttauz	*snuttiwǫ̂
dative	*snuttiwi	*snuttumaz
instrumental	*snuttū	*snuttumiz

Derived terms

*gasnuttą

Related terms

*snūtaz
*snūtijaną
*snūttǭ (> German Schnauze)
*snūttōną (> German schnauzen)
*snuþarōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snutt, *snott
- Old English: *snott; ġesnott, ġesnot
  - Middle English: snotte, snot
    - Scots: snot; (snotter, snoter)
    - English: snot; (snotter)
- Old Frisian: snotta
  - North Frisian: snot
  - Saterland Frisian: Snotte
  - West Frisian: snotte
- Old Saxon: *snotto; *snotta
  - Middle Low German: snotte; (snotter)
    - German Low German: Snött, Snodder
    - → Danish: snot
    - → Norwegian: snott
    - → German: Schnodder (standard colloquial word in Northern Germany)
- Old Dutch: *snotto
  - Middle Dutch: snotte
    - Dutch: snot
      - Afrikaans: snot
- Old High German: *snuz; snuzza
  - Middle High German: snuz
    - German: Schnutz, Schnütz, Schnütt, Schnuter, Schnotter (dialectal)