Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snaggjō

This Proto-West 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 *sneg- +‎ *-gô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsneɡ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*snaggjō m

1. (West Germanic) snail

Related terms

• *snigilaz

Descendants

• Old English: *snecga
  • Middle English: snegge; (snigge, snygge)
    • English: sneg, snag (dialectal); (snig (dialectal); sniggle (verb))
• Old Saxon: *sneggo
  • Middle Low German: snigge, snicke
    • German Low German: Snigg
    • Low German: snigge
    • Plautdietsch: Schnigj
      • → Dutch: snigge
• Old Dutch: *sneggo
  • Middle Dutch: snecke (eastern; doubtful)
• Old High German: snecco, sneggo
  • Middle High German: snëgge, snëcke
    • Alemannic German: Schnägg
    • German: Schnecke
      • → Dutch: snek
      • → Swedish: snäcka
    • Yiddish: שנעק (shnek)