Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snidi

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 earlier Proto-Germanic *snidiz, from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).

Noun

*snidi m

1. a cut, incision
2. slice, piece

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*snidi
Genitive	*snidī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*snidi	*snidī
Accusative	*snidi	*snidī
Genitive	*snidī	*sniddjō
Dative	*snidī	*snidim, *sniddjum
Instrumental	*snidī	*snidim, *sniddjum

Synonyms

• *snid
• *stukkī

Related terms

• *snīþan

Descendants

• Old English: snide, snid
  • Middle English: snid
    • Scots: snid, sned (noun and verb)
• Old Frisian: snide, snithe, snid, snith, snei, snethe, snede
  • Saterland Frisian: Sniede, Snied
  • West Frisian: snije
• Old Saxon: *snidi, *snid
  • Middle Low German: snēde, snit, snedde
    • German Low German: Snee
• Old Dutch: *snidi, *snid
  • Middle Dutch: snēde
    • Dutch: snee
• Old High German: snit
  • Middle High German: snit
    • Cimbrian: snit
    • German: Schnitt
    • Hunsrik: Schnitt
    • Yiddish: שניט (shnit)