Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snaiw

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

From Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz.

Noun

*snaiw m

1. snow

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*snaiw, *snaiwa
Genitive	*snaiwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*snaiw, *snaiwa	*snaiwōs
Accusative	*snaiw, *snaiwa	*snaiwā
Genitive	*snaiwas	*snaiwō
Dative	*snaiwē	*snaiwum
Instrumental	*snaiwu	*snaiwum

Related terms

• *snīwan

Descendants

• Old English: snāw
  • Middle English: snow, snaw, snowe, snawe, snowȝ, snoȝ, snogh, snou
    • English: snow
    • English: (West Yorkshire) snaw
    • Scots: snaw
    • Yola: sneew, sneow, snowe, snow
• Old Frisian: snē
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: snä

    Goesharde: snäi

    Halligen: snii'e

    Heligoland: sni

    Mooring: snii

    Sylt: Sne

  • Saterland Frisian: Snee
  • West Frisian: snie
• Old Saxon: snēo, snēu
  • Middle Low German: snê
    • Low German: Snee
      • German Low German: Snei, Snee, Sneei
    • Plautdietsch: Schnee
• Old Dutch: snēo
  • Middle Dutch: snêe
    • Dutch: sneeuw, snee (now dialectal, otherwise obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: sneeu
      • Negerhollands: sneew
      • → Papiamentu: sneu, sneeuw
      • → Sranan Tongo: snew
    • Limburgish: Schnië, snieë
• Old High German: snēo
  • Middle High German: snē
    • Alemannic German: Schnee

      Swabian: Schnéa, Schnéé

      Italian Walser: schnee, schnei, schnia, schné, schnìj

    • Bavarian: Schnää, Schnèj, schnea, sghneab

      Cimbrian: snea, snèa

      Mòcheno: schnea

    • Central Franconian: Schnie

      Hunsrik: Schnee

    • German: Schnee
    • Luxembourgish: Schnéi
    • Rhine Franconian: Schnäi, Schnee, Schnei, Schnie

      Pennsylvania German: Schnee

    • Vilamovian: śnej, šnej, śnyi
    • Yiddish: שניי (shney)