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Record number: 1805

Root / lemma: sneigw|h-

English meaning: to snow; snow

German meaning: `schneien, (sich) zusammen ballen'

Derivatives: snigw|h-, snoigw|ho-s `Schnee'

Material: Pra"krit. sin.eha- (= ai. sne:ha-) `Schnee'; av. snae:z^a- `schneien', pamir. s^ugni z^@nij `Schnee', (*snaiga-); gr. Akk. `Schnee', hom. `sehr beschneit', (:) `es schneit', `Schneeflocke' ( `Schneegesto"ber'), lat. nix, nivis `Schnee', nivit `es schneit' (wohl i:); Nasal-pra"s. ninguit (ninxit) ds. ;

    ir. snigid `es tropft, regnet', snige n. `Tropfen, Flies|en', snecht(a)e `Schnee' (zum t-Formans vgl. ); cymr. nyf `Schnee', nyfio `schneien';

    ahd. ags. sni:wan `schneien' (st. V. , Partiz. gi-snigan, vgl. noch nhd. bair. Partiz. geschniwen; sonst nhd. schw. V. ), aisl. sny/r `es schneit' (Partiz. snifinn `verschneit'); got. snaiws `Schnee' = ags. sna:w, ahd. sne:o (Gen. sne:wes);

    lit. snie~gas, lett. sni\egs (Vokal vom Verb u"bernommen) `Schnee', snai~gala `Schneeflocke', snie~ga `es schneit', Inf. sni\gti, apr. snaygis `Schnee', aksl. sne^gú `Schnee'.

References: WP. II 695, WH. II 169 f. , Trautmann 272 f. , Vasmer 2, 680, R. L. Turner BSOAS 18, 449 f. ; vgl. ai. sni/hyati `wird feucht, heftet sich', sne:ha- m. `Klebrigkeit, O'l, Fett'.

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