snige
Danish
/sniːə/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to sneak, slip
- (reflexive) to sneak, creep
- (reflexive) to do on the sly
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse sníkja inherited from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (creep, crawl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*snīkaną
Gloss
creep, crawl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- goalsneak English
- sneak English
- sneak-cup English
- sneakage English
- sneakbox English
- sneaker English
- sneakery English
- sneakest English
- sneaketh English
- sneakish English
- sneaksman English
- sneaksome English
- sneaky English
- sny English
- sneak Dutch, Flemish
- sneaken Dutch, Flemish
- *sneyg- Proto-Indo-European
- snike Norwegian Bokmål
- *snīkaną Proto-Germanic
- snican Old English
- snīcan Old English
- snyȝe Middle English
- sníkja Old Norse
- snigtyv Danish
- tyv Danish
- sníkja Faroese