Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose). · To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryMucus, especially mucus from the nose. · Semen. · A contemptible child. · A mean fellow.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *snuttuzder. Old English ġesnot Middle English snot English snot From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-West Germanic *snott, *snutt, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout; ultimately of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin (compare sniff, snuff, snoot, snook), but possibly continuing Proto-Indo-European *snew-t- (“to flow, run”). Related also to snite. Cognate with North Frisian snot (“snot”), Saterland Frisian Snotte (“snot”), West Frisian snotte (“snot”), Dutch snot (“snot”), German Low German Snött (“snot”), dialectal German Schnutz (“snot”), Danish snot (“snot”), Norwegian snott (“snot”).
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- Inherited-form mentionsnotenm
- Inherited-form mentionġesnotang
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- Inherited-form mention*snuttuzgem-pro · nasal mucus
- Derivation mention*snew-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionsnotfrr · snot
- Cognate mentionSnottestq · snot
- Cognate mentionsnottefy · snot
- Cognate mentionsnotnl · snot
- Cognate mentionSchnutzde · snot
- Cognate mentionsnotda · snot
- Cognate mentionsnottno · snot
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