Etymograph

English

snead

Snead comes from Old English snǣdan ‘to cut’, 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*snaidijanreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150snǣdan‘to cut’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*snedenreconstructed
  6. Englishtodaysnead

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 cut’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*snedenreconstructed
  6. Englishtodaysnead

The story

Verb from Middle English *sneden, *snæden (found in tosnæden), from Old English snǣdan (‘to cut; feed’), from Proto-Germanic *snaidijaną, related to Middle High German sneiten, Icelandic sneiða, English snithe (‘to cut’). Noun from Middle English snade, snede, from Old English snǣd (‘piece, bit, slice; shaft, handle’), related to Icelandic sneið.

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‘to cut’

schnitzel, 4 more

Today it means

verb To cut; lop; prune.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *snīþaną / snead

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