The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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ENTRY: | sneigwh- |
DEFINITION: | Snow; to snow. 1. Suffixed o-grade form *snoigwh-o-. snow, from Old English snw-, snow, from Germanic *snaiwaz. 2. Zero-grade form *snigwh-. névé, nival, niveous, from Latin nix, snow. (Pokorny sneigh- 974.) |
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