*snaiwaz

Runic: ᛊᚾᚨᛁᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsnɑi̯.wɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

snow

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (‘snow’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	snaiwaz	snaiwōz, snaiwōs
Acc.	snaiwą	snaiwanz
Gen.	snaiwas, snaiwis	snaiwǫ̂
Dat.	snaiwai	snaiwamaz
Inst.	snaiwō	snaiwamiz
Voc.	snaiw	snaiwōz, snaiwōs

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Descendants

*snaiw (Proto-West Germanic)
- snēo (Old Dutch)
  - snêe (Middle Dutch)
    - Schnië, snieë (Limburgish)
*snaiw (Proto-West Germanic)
- snēo (Old Dutch)
  - snêe (Middle Dutch)
    - sneeuw, snee (Dutch)
      - sneeu (Afrikaans)
      - sneew (Negerhollands)
      - sneu, sneeuw (Papiamentu)
      - snew (Sranan Tongo)
*snaiw (Proto-West Germanic)
- snāw (Old English)
  - snow, snaw, snowe, snawe, snowȝ, snoȝ, snogh, snou (Middle English)
    - snow, snaw (English)
    - snaw (Scots)
    - sneew, sneow, snowe, snow (Yola)
*snaiw (Proto-West Germanic)
- snē (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Snee (Saterland Frisian)
  - snie (West Frisian)
*snaiw (Proto-West Germanic)
- snēo (Old High German)
  - snē (Middle High German)
    - Schnee (Alemannic German)
    - Schnää, Schnèj, schnea, sghneab (Bavarian)
    - Schnie (Central Franconian)
    - Schnee (German)
    - Schnéi (Luxembourgish)
    - Schnäi, Schnee, Schnei, Schnie (Rhine Franconian)
    - śnej, šnej, śnyi (Vilamovian)
    - שניי (shney) (Yiddish)
*snaiw (Proto-West Germanic)
- snēo, snēu (Old Saxon)
  - snê (Middle Low German)
    - Schnee (Plautdietsch)
*snaiw (Proto-West Germanic)
- snēo, snēu (Old Saxon)
  - snê (Middle Low German)
    - Snee (Low German)
      - Snei, Snee, Sneei (German Low German)
snjór (Old Norse)
- sniųo (Elfdalian)
- snjógvur (Faroese)
- snåi (Gutnish)
- snjór, snjár, snær (Icelandic)
- snǿ (Jamtish)
- snju, snaa (Norn)
- snø (Norwegian Bokmål)
- snjo, snø, snjór'e, sny (Norwegian Nynorsk)
snjór (Old Norse)
- sniō, snø̄, snē (Old Danish)
  - sný (Scanian)
snjór (Old Norse)
- sniō, snø̄, snē (Old Danish)
  - sne (Danish)
    - sne (Norwegian Bokmål)
snjór (Old Norse)
- sniōr (Old Swedish)
  - snö (Swedish)
snjár (Old Norse)
- sniųo (Elfdalian)
- snjógvur (Faroese)
- snåi (Gutnish)
- snjór, snjár, snær (Icelandic)
- snǿ (Jamtish)
- snju, snaa (Norn)
- snø (Norwegian Bokmål)
- snjo, snø, snjór'e, sny (Norwegian Nynorsk)
snjár (Old Norse)
- sniō, snø̄, snē (Old Danish)
  - sný (Scanian)
snjár (Old Norse)
- sniō, snø̄, snē (Old Danish)
  - sne (Danish)
    - sne (Norwegian Bokmål)
snjár (Old Norse)
- sniōr (Old Swedish)
  - snö (Swedish)
snær (Old Norse)
- sniųo (Elfdalian)
- snjógvur (Faroese)
- snåi (Gutnish)
- snjór, snjár, snær (Icelandic)
- snǿ (Jamtish)
- snju, snaa (Norn)
- snø (Norwegian Bokmål)
- snjo, snø, snjór'e, sny (Norwegian Nynorsk)
snær (Old Norse)
- sniō, snø̄, snē (Old Danish)
  - sný (Scanian)
snær (Old Norse)
- sniō, snø̄, snē (Old Danish)
  - sne (Danish)
    - sne (Norwegian Bokmål)
snær (Old Norse)
- sniōr (Old Swedish)
  - snö (Swedish)
𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws) (Gothic)

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