*snīwaną

Runic: ᛊᚾᛁᚹᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsniː.wɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to snow

Etymology

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

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularsnīwōsnīwaų–
2nd singularsnīwizisnīwaizsnīw
3rd singularsnīwidisnīwaisnīwadau
1st dualsnīwōzsnīwaiw–
2nd dualsnīwadizsnīwaidizsnīwadiz
1st pluralsnīwamazsnīwaim–
2nd pluralsnīwidsnīwaidsnīwid
3rd pluralsnīwandisnīwainsnīwandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsnīwai–
2nd singularsnīwazaisnīwaizau
3rd singularsnīwadaisnīwaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralsnīwandaisnīwaindau
2nd pluralsnīwandaisnīwaindau
3rd pluralsnīwandaisnīwaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsnaiwsniwį̄
2nd singularsnaiwtsniwīz
3rd singularsnaiwsniwī
1st dualsniwūsniwīw
2nd dualsniwudizsniwīdiz
1st pluralsniwumsniwīm
2nd pluralsniwudsniwīd
3rd pluralsniwunsniwīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
snīwaną snīwandz sniwanaz

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Descendants

  • *snīwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *snīwan (Old Dutch)
      • snuwen (Middle Dutch)
        • snuwen (Dutch)
        • snieë, snieëje (Limburgish)
  • *snīwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • snīwan (Old English)
      • snewen, sneuwen, snew, snewe, sniwe (Middle English)
        • snew (English)
  • *snīwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *snīa (Old Frisian)
      • snije (West Frisian)
  • *snīwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • snīwan (Old High German)
      • snīen, snīwen (Middle High German)
        • schneibn (Bavarian)
        • snaiban, snaim (Cimbrian)
        • schneien (German)
        • schneien (Luxembourgish)
        • שנייען (shneyen) (Yiddish)
  • *snīwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *snīwan (Old Saxon)
      • snîen (Middle Low German)
        • snien (Low German)
        • schnieen (Plautdietsch)
  • snjóva (Old Norse)
    • sne (Danish)
    • snjógva (Faroese)
    • snjóa (Icelandic)
    • snya, snjóge (Norwegian)
    • snø (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • snø, snøa, snjova (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • snö (Swedish)
  • snæva (Old Norse)
    • sne (Danish)
    • snjógva (Faroese)
    • snjóa (Icelandic)
    • snya, snjóge (Norwegian)
    • snø (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • snø, snøa, snjova (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • snö (Swedish)
  • snjáva (Old Norse)
    • sne (Danish)
    • snjógva (Faroese)
    • snjóa (Icelandic)
    • snya, snjóge (Norwegian)
    • snø (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • snø, snøa, snjova (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • snö (Swedish)

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