Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snūt

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 *snūtaz.

Noun

*snūt m

1. snout

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*snūt
Genitive	*snūtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*snūt	*snūtō, *snūtōs
Accusative	*snūt	*snūtā
Genitive	*snūtas	*snūtō
Dative	*snūtē	*snūtum
Instrumental	*snūtu	*snūtum

Derived terms

• *snūtijan

Descendants

• 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)