Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *snawwú-, *snau[ɵ]a-, *snau[ɵ]ian- vb.

Meaning: little, short, fine, etc.

Old Norse: snögg-r `kurzhaarig'; snoδin-n m. `kahl', snauδ-r `kahl, arm'; sneyδa wk. `berauben'

Norwegian: snögg; snaud; dial. snoden; snöyda `entblössen'

Swedish: snöd; dial. snügg, snägger `kurz'; snagg-hɔrig `kurzhaarig'; dial. snɔgg `schön'; snugga `kurze Tabakspfeife'; snöd `schnöde'; dial. snöda `verschwenden'

Danish: dial. snöde `verkwisten'; dial. snöde `verschwenden'

Old English: besnyɵɵan `beroven'; snyɵian `snuffelen'

Middle Dutch: snōde `schamel, gering, arm, waardeloos, ellendig, smadelijk, onwaardig, snood'

Dutch: snood

Middle Low German: snȫde `wertlos, klein, gering, armselig, schlecht, kümmerlich, ungesund, gemein, ehrenrührig'

Middle High German: { besnoten `gering, schwach' }, snȫde adj. act. `Verachtung ausdrückend, vermessen, übermütig, rücksichtslos', pass. 'verächtlich, ärmlich, erbärmlich, schlecht, gering'; { EaHG alem. beschnotten `knapp, kaum hinreichend' }

German: schnöde

Proto-IE: *ksew-, *ksew-n-

Meaning: to scrape, to cut

Old Indian: kṣurá- m. `razor; a thorny plant'; kṣnauti `to whet, sharpen', , ptc. kṣnutá-, kṣnótra- n. `whet-stone'

Avestan: hu-xšnuta- `gut geschärft'

Old Greek: ksǘō, aeol. ksǖ̂sai̯, pass. ksǖsthē̂nai̯, pf. pass. éksǖ̆smai̯ `schabe, reibe, glätte', ptc. ksǖ̆stó-; ksǖ̂sma n. `Abschabsel, Span, Zupfleinwand usw.', ksǖ́strǟ `Schaber, Striegel', ksǖ̂stron `Schaber, Feile; Sichel, Sense am Wagen'; ksüró-n n. `Rasiermesser'

Germanic: *snaww-ú- adj., *snau-[ɵ]-a- adj., *snau-[ɵ]-ia- vb.

Latin: novācula f. `scharfes Messer, Scher-, Rasiermesser; Dolch'

Russ. meaning: скоблить, резать

References: WP I 449 f

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