Proto-Germanic

*snīþaną

‘to cut’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *snīþaną.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną, most familiar first.

• schnitzel ← Schnitz ← sniz ← snīdan ← *snīþan
• snead ← *sneden ← snǣdan ← *snaidijan ← *snaidijaną
• snath ← snede ← snǣd ← snǣdan ← *snaidijan
• snithe ← snithen ← snīþan ← *snīþan
• snathe ← snǣdan ← *snaidijan ← *snaidijaną
• snitz ← schnitzen ← snitzen ← *snittōną

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *snīþaną