Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snuttuz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *snuttaz

Etymology

Reflecting pre-Germanic *snutnús, likely back-formed from the accusative plural of an old n-stem *snéuþô (or similar), whence also the form *snuttaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *snew- (“to flow, run; moisture”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “cognates in this instance?”)

Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnut.tuz/

Noun

*snuttuz m

1. (West Germanic) Nasal mucus; snot

Inflection

Declension of *snuttuz (u-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*snuttuz	*snuttiwiz
vocative	*snuttu	*snuttiwiz
accusative	*snuttų	*snuttunz
genitive	*snuttauz	*snuttiwǫ̂
dative	*snuttiwi	*snuttumaz
instrumental	*snuttū	*snuttumiz

Derived terms

• *gasnuttą

Related terms

• *snūtaz
• *snūtijaną
• *snūttǭ (> German Schnauze)
• *snūttōną (> German schnauzen)
• *snuþarōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snutt, *snott
  • Old English: *snott; ġesnott, ġesnot
    • Middle English: snotte, snot
      • Scots: snot; (snotter, snoter)
      • English: snot; (snotter)
  • Old Frisian: snotta
    • North Frisian: snot
    • Saterland Frisian: Snotte
    • West Frisian: snotte
  • Old Saxon: *snotto; *snotta
    • Middle Low German: snotte; (snotter)
      • German Low German: Snött, Snodder
      • → Danish: snot
      • → Norwegian: snott
      • → German: Schnodder (standard colloquial word in Northern Germany)
  • Old Dutch: *snotto
    • Middle Dutch: snotte
      • Dutch: snot
        • Afrikaans: snot
  • Old High German: *snuz; snuzza
    • Middle High German: snuz
      • German: Schnutz, Schnütz, Schnütt, Schnuter, Schnotter (dialectal)