English

snowmaker

Blend of snow + maker.

A blend of snow + maker

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

Old English macian ‘to perform or carry out (a miracle)’

Middle English maken ‘to make or create’

Middle English maker ‘God as creator of all’

English maker

Today it means

noun A device for creating snow.

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

Etymograph / snowmaker