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(a)
Genitive	*snūtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*snūt(a)	*snūtōs
Accusative	*snūt(a)	*snūtā
Genitive	*snūtas	*snūtō
Dative	*snūtē	*snūtum
Instrumental	*snūtu	*snūtum

Derived terms

*snūtijan
*snūtōn
- Old English: *snūtian
  - Middle English: snouten
- Old Frisian: *snūtia
  - Saterland Frisian: snutje, snuutje

Descendants

Old English: *snūt m, *snūte f
- Middle English: snowte, snoute, snout, snute, snowth
  - English: snout
  - Scots: snout, snoot
    - → English: snoot
Old Frisian: *snūt; *snūte
- Saterland Frisian: Snuute f
- West Frisian: snút m or f
Old Saxon: *snūt; *snūta
- Middle Low German: snûte f
  - German Low German: Snute, Snuut
    - → German: Schnute
Old Dutch: *snūt
- Middle Dutch: snute m
  - Dutch: snuit, snoet
    - Afrikaans: snuit
Old High German: *snūz; *snūza
- Middle High German: *snūze; *snuzze, *snüzze
  - >? German: Schnauze, Schnauße (probably hypercorrected from a Low German form)
    - → Plautdietsch: Schnuz
  - Yiddish: שנויץ (shnoyts)
  - → Middle Low German: snutse, snusse