Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snūtaz

This Proto-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

Alternative forms

*snūtǭ (possibly)

Etymology

According to Watkins (supported by Orel), of imitative origin and related to *snuttuz (“snot, mucus”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnuː.tɑz/

Noun

*snūtaz m

(West Germanic) snout

Inflection

Declension of *snūtaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snūtaz	snūtōz, snūtōs
vocative	*snūt	snūtōz, snūtōs
accusative	*snūtą	*snūtanz
genitive	snūtas, snūtis	*snūtǫ̂
dative	*snūtai	*snūtamaz
instrumental	*snūtō	*snūtamiz

Derived terms

*snūtijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snūt
- Old Frisian: *snūt
  - Saterland Frisian: Snuute
  - West Frisian: snút
- Old Saxon: *snūt
  - Middle Low German: snûte, snuut, snuyt
    - Low German: Schnute, Snuut
      - → German: Schnute
- Old Dutch: *snūt
  - Middle Dutch: snute
    - Dutch: snuit
      - Afrikaans: snuit
    - → Middle English: snowte, snoute, snout, snute, snowth
      - English: snout
      - Scots: snout, snoot
        → English: snoot
- Old High German: *snūz
  - Middle High German: *snuze
    - German: Schnauze, Schnauße
      - → Plautdietsch: Schnuz
    - Yiddish: שנויץ (shnoyts)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snūtaz ~ *snūtō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
^ Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “snout”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snūtaz ~ *snūtō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360

[2] Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.

[3] Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “snout”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[4] Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN