English
snowboy
From snow + boy.
Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- ‘to snow’
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Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz
Proto-West Germanic *snaiw
Old English snāw
Middle English snaw ‘snow’
English snow
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
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Proto-Germanic *bōjô ‘younger brother’
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia ‘boy’
Middle English boye ‘servant, commoner, knave, boy’
English boy
Today it means
noun A visual representation of a boy made from snow; a childlike snowman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / snowboy