Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues. · A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person. · A tool for unclogging plumbing. · A tool to aid cable pulling.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sneganą Proto-Germanic *snakaną Proto-West Germanic *snakan Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *snakō Old English snaca Middle English snake English snake From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“slider, snake”), from *snakan (“to creep, slide”), related to Old High German snahhan (“to sneak, slide”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *snēkô (“creeper, crawler”). Cognate with German Low German Snake, Snaak (“snake”), dialectal German Schnake (“adder”), Danish snog (“grass snake”), Swedish snok (“grass snake”), Norwegian Nynorsk snåk (“viper, adder”), Faroese snákur (“grass snake”), Icelandic snákur (“snake”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsnakeenm
- Inherited-form mentionsnacaang · snake, serpent, reptile
- Inherited-form mention*snakōgmw-pro · slider, snake
- Cognate mentionsnahhangoh · to sneak, slide
- Cognate mention*snēkôgem-pro · creeper, crawler
- Cognate mentionSchnakede · adder
- Cognate mentionsnogda · grass snake
- Cognate mentionsnoksv · grass snake
- Cognate mentionsnåknn · viper, adder
- Cognate mentionsnákurfo · grass snake
- Cognate mentionsnákuris · snake
This page abbreviates 9 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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