From Proto-Khasian *snɛm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cn₁am ~ *cn₁aam. Cognate with Khasi snem, Hu nn̥ɨ́m, Khmu [Cuang] nɨm, Bolyu nəːm¹³, Khmer ឆ្នាំ (chnam), Bahnar hơnăm/sơnăm, Vietnamese năm, Mon သၞာံ (hnam).
snæm