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-West Germanic

Etymology

Likely from *snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) +‎ *-jō (agent noun suffix), whence also *snagil (“snail”). Alternatively reconstructed as *sniggō, from *sniggōn +‎ *-ō (agent noun suffix), iterative to *snīkan (“to crawl, creep”), or perhaps from *snegan +‎ *-gō (animal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”).

Noun

*snaggjō m

1. snail

   Synonym: *snagil

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*snaggjō
Genitive	*snaggjini, *snaggjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*snaggjō	*snaggjan
Accusative	*snaggjan	*snaggjan
Genitive	*snaggjini, *snaggjan	*snaggjanō
Dative	*snaggjini, *snaggjan	*snaggjum
Instrumental	*snaggjini, *snaggjan	*snaggjum

Alternative reconstructions

• *sneggō
• *sniggō

Descendants

• Old English: *snecga, *snegga
  • Middle English: snegge
    • English: sneg, snag (dialectal)
• Old Saxon: *sneggio
  • 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)