snaygis

Old Prussian

Snaygis.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos. Cognate with Lithuanian sniegas and Latvian sniegs.

Noun

snaygis m

1. snow

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997), “snaygis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
• G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873), “snaygis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 170