Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snūt

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snūtaz.

Noun

*snūt m

snout

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*snūt
Genitive	*snūtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*snūt	snūtō, snūtōs
Accusative	*snūt	*snūtā
Genitive	*snūtas	*snūtō
Dative	*snūtē	*snūtum
Instrumental	*snūtu	*snūtum

Derived terms

*snūtijan

Descendants

Old Frisian: *snūt
- Saterland Frisian: Snuute
- West Frisian: snút
Old Saxon: *snūt
- Middle Low German: snûte, snuut, snuyt
  - Low German: Schnute, Snuut
    - → German: Schnute
Old Dutch: *snūt
- Middle Dutch: snute
  - Dutch: snuit
    - Afrikaans: snuit
  - → Middle English: snowte, snoute, snout, snute, snowth
    - English: snout
    - Scots: snout, snoot
      - → English: snoot
Old High German: *snūz
- Middle High German: *snuze
  - German: Schnauze, Schnauße
    - → Plautdietsch: Schnuz
  - Yiddish: שנויץ (shnoyts)

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