English
snug
Snug may come from Old Norse snøggr ‘swift’.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350snøggr‘swift’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1733snug
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350snøggr‘swift’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1733snug
Earliest quotation: 1733, Jonathan Swift, On Poetry: A Rapsody: “Be ſure at Will’s the following Day, / Lie…”.
Every English word from Old Norse snøggr
Today it means
adj Warm and comfortable; cosy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse snøggr / snug