snjógvur
Faroese
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) snow
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse snær derived from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (snow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (snow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*snóygʷʰos
Gloss
snow
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sneygʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *snóygʷʰos Proto-Indo-European
- snø Norwegian Bokmål
- *snaiwaz Proto-Germanic
- snjo Norwegian Nynorsk
- snø Norwegian Nynorsk
- snjór Old Norse
- snjór, snær Old Norse
- snjóva Old Norse
- snær Old Norse
- sne Danish
- *sněgъ Proto-Slavic
- snær Icelandic
- snēo Old High German
- snjósólja Faroese
- sólja Faroese
- 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic
- *snaiw gmw-pro
- snēo Old Dutch
- *snáyǰʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sniōr Old Swedish
- snē Old Frisian
- *snáigas Proto-Balto-Slavic