Etymograph

English

snathe

Snathe comes from Old English snǣdan ‘to slice’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‘to cut’.

  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*snaidijanreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150snǣdan‘to slice’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1841snathe

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*snaidijanreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150snǣdan‘to slice’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1841snathe

Earliest quotation: 1841, The Law Reporter - Volume 3: “Before the patent of Peirce, the nibs of scythes…”

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‘to cut’

schnitzel, 3 more

through Old English snǣdan ‘to slice’

snead, 1 more

Today it means

verb To lop; to prune.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *snīþaną / snathe

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