שניי

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃnɛɪ̯/

Noun

שניי • (shney) m, diminutive שנייעלע (shneyele)

1. snow

Derived terms

• שניי־קישעלע (shney-kishele)