snö

Swedish

/snøː/

noun
Definitions
  • snow; frozen, crystalline water falling as precipitation
  • snow; random electrical noise in a television picture.
  • (slang) cocaine

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish *sniōr 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

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