Etymograph

English

Sneed

Sneed comes from Old English snǣd ‘something cut off, a fragment, a detached…’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *snīþaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snīþaną‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snaidijaną‘to cut, slice’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*snaidijan‘to cut, chop, hew, slice’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*snaid‘an area of cut vegetation, boundary, border’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150snǣd‘something cut off, a fragment, a detached piece of ground’
  6. EnglishtodaySneed

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snīþaną‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snaidijaną‘to cut, slice’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*snaidijan‘to cut, chop, hew, slice’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*snaid‘an area of cut vegetation, boundary, border’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150snǣd‘something cut off, a fragment, a detached piece of ground’
  6. EnglishtodaySneed

The story

A habitational name derived from any of various places in England named Sneyd or Snead, from Old English snǣd (‘something cut off, a fragment, a detached piece of ground’).

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‘to cut’

schnitzel, 4 more

through Proto-West Germanic *snaidijan ‘to cut, chop, hew, slice’

snead, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname from Old English.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *snīþaną / Sneed

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