English

snowthrower

From snow + thrower.

A compound of snow + thrower

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

Middle English thrower

Today it means

noun A snowblower.

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

Etymograph / snowthrower