snaw

Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-. Cognate with Old High German snēo, Old Norse snær and Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /snɑːw/

Noun

snāw m

1. snow

Declension

    Declension of snaw (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	snāw	snāwas
accusative	snāw	snāwas
genitive	snāwes	snāwa
dative	snāwe	snāwum

Descendants

• English: snow

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Scots

Noun

snaw (plural snaws)

1. snow

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Robert Burns to this entry?)