Etymograph

English

snithe

Snithe comes from Old English snīþan ‘to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or…’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *snīþaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snīþaną‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*snīþan‘to cut’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150snīþan‘to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or amputate, cut up or to pieces’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snithen
  5. Englishtodaysnithe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snīþaną‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*snīþan‘to cut’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150snīþan‘to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or amputate, cut up or to pieces’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snithen
  5. Englishtodaysnithe

The story

Noun from Middle English snithe (‘cutting, sharp’), from snithen (‘to cut’), see above.

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‘to cut’

snead, 3 more

through Proto-West Germanic *snīþan ‘to cut’

schnitzel

Today it means

verb To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *snīþaną / snithe

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