sneigʷh-

    sneigʷh-

    English meaning: to snow; snow, *rain

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneien, (sich) zusammen ballen”

    Note: Root sneigʷh- : “to snow; snow” derived from a zero grade (*suu̯-etos, *su̯eri̯ō) : O.Ind. sunṓ ti “ squeezed, pressed “ = Av. hunaoiti of Root seu-1, seʷǝ- : sū- : “juice; liquid, rain”.

    Material: Präkrit. siṇeha- (= O.Ind. snēha-) ‘snow”; Av. snaēža- “to snow”, paM.Ir. šugni žǝnij ‘snow”, (*snaiga-); Gk. νίφα acc. ‘snow”, Hom. ἀγάννιφος “ much snowed on, snowcapt “, νείφει (νί̄φει) “ it is snowing “, νιφάς “ snowflake “ (νιφετός “ snowstorm, snowfall “), Lat. nix, nivis ‘snow”, nivit “ it is snowing “ (probably ī); nasal-präs. ninguit (ninxit) ds.; Ir. snigid “ it drips, is raining “, snige n. “drip, flux “, snecht(a)e ‘snow” (to t-forms compare νιφετός); Welsh nyf ‘snow”, nyfio “to snow”; O.H.G. O.E. snīwan “to snow” (st. V., participle gi-snigan, compare still Ger. bO.Ir. participle geschniwen; otherwise Ger. schw. V.), O.Ice. snūr “ it is snowing “ (participle snifinn “ snowy “); Goth. snaiws ‘snow” = O.E. snüw, O.H.G. snēo (gen. snēwes); Lith. sniẽgas, Ltv. snìegs (vowel from the undertaken verb) ‘snow”, snaĩgala “ snowflake “, sniẽga “ it is snowing “, Inf. snìgti, O.Pruss. snaygis ‘snow”, O.C.S. sněgъ ‘snow”. Sumerian šeg4: “frost; cold shudder, chills”, šeg8/9: ‘snow; ice” (cf., sigga).

    References: WP. II 695, WH. II 169 f., Trautmann 272 f., Vasmer 2, 680, R. L. Turner BSOAS 18, 449 f.; compare O.Ind. sníhyati “become damp, sticky “, snēha- m. “ stickiness, oil, fat “.