Etymograph

English

Schnabel

Schnabel comes from German Schnabel ‘beak, bill, pecker’, from Proto-Germanic *snabulaz ‘snout, muzzle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew- ‘to scratch, rub’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ksnew-‘to scratch, rub’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snabulaz‘snout, muzzle’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050snabul
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350snabel
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSchnabel‘beak, bill, pecker’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ksnew-‘to scratch, rub’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snabulaz‘snout, muzzle’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050snabul
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350snabel
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSchnabel‘beak, bill, pecker’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew-

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ksnew- / Schnabel

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