"snaggjō" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Noun

Etymology: Likely from *snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) + *-jō (agent noun suffix), whence also *snagil (“snail”). Alternatively reconstructed as *sniggō, from *sniggōn + *-ō (agent noun suffix), iterative to *snīkan (“to crawl, creep”), or perhaps from *snegan + *-gō (animal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”). Etymology templates: {{af|gmw-pro|*snagōn|*-jō|pos2=agent noun suffix|t1=to crawl, creep}} *snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) + *-jō (agent noun suffix), {{af|gmw-pro||*-ō|alt1=*sniggōn|id2=agent noun|pos2=agent noun suffix}} *sniggōn + *-ō (agent noun suffix), {{af|gmw-pro||*-gō|alt1=*snegan|pos2=animal suffix}} *snegan + *-gō (animal suffix), {{der|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*sneganą|t=to crawl, creep}} Proto-Germanic *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=m}} *snaggjō m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-an}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], snaggjō [nominative, singular], snaggjan [nominative, plural], snaggjan [accusative, singular], snaggjan [accusative, plural], snaggjini [genitive, singular], snaggjan [genitive, singular], snaggjanō [genitive, plural], snaggjini [dative, singular], snaggjan [dative, singular], snaggjum [dative, plural], snaggjini [instrumental, singular], snaggjan [instrumental, singular], snaggjum [instrumental, plural]
  1. snail Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: *snagil
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "*snecga"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: *snecga, *snegga\nMiddle English: snegge\nEnglish: sneg, snag (dialectal)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: *snecga, *snegga\nMiddle English: snegge\nEnglish: sneg, snag (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*sneggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *sneggio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *sneggio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "snigge",
            "3": "snicke"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: snigge, snicke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: snigge, snicke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Snigg"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Snigg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Snigg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "snigge"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: snigge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: snigge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdt",
            "2": "Schnigj"
          },
          "expansion": "Plautdietsch: Schnigj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Plautdietsch: Schnigj"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "snigge",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: snigge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: snigge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*sneggo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *sneggo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *sneggo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "snecke"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: snecke",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eastern; doubtful"
          },
          "expansion": "(eastern; doubtful)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: snecke (eastern; doubtful)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "snecco"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: snecco, sneggo\nMiddle High German: snëgge, snëcke\nAlemannic German: Schnägg\nGerman: Schnecke\n→ Dutch: snek\n→ Swedish: snäcka\nYiddish: שנעק (shnek)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: snecco, sneggo\nMiddle High German: snëgge, snëcke\nAlemannic German: Schnägg\nGerman: Schnecke\n→ Dutch: snek\n→ Swedish: snäcka\nYiddish: שנעק (shnek)"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "*snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) + *-jō (agent noun suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*-ō",
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        "id2": "agent noun",
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      },
      "expansion": "*sniggōn + *-ō (agent noun suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "",
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        "pos2": "animal suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*snegan + *-gō (animal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sneganą",
        "t": "to crawl, creep"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely from *snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) + *-jō (agent noun suffix), whence also *snagil (“snail”). Alternatively reconstructed as *sniggō, from *sniggōn + *-ō (agent noun suffix), iterative to *snīkan (“to crawl, creep”), or perhaps from *snegan + *-gō (animal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjanō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*snaggjō m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-an"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snaggjō",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-gō",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jō",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ō (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snail"
      ],
      "id": "en-snaggjō-gmw-pro-noun-YhVqe0lK",
      "links": [
        [
          "snail",
          "snail"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*snagil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "snaggjō"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "*snecga"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: *snecga, *snegga\nMiddle English: snegge\nEnglish: sneg, snag (dialectal)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: *snecga, *snegga\nMiddle English: snegge\nEnglish: sneg, snag (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*sneggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *sneggio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *sneggio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "snigge",
            "3": "snicke"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: snigge, snicke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: snigge, snicke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Snigg"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Snigg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Snigg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "snigge"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: snigge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: snigge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdt",
            "2": "Schnigj"
          },
          "expansion": "Plautdietsch: Schnigj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Plautdietsch: Schnigj"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "snigge",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: snigge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: snigge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*sneggo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *sneggo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *sneggo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "snecke"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: snecke",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eastern; doubtful"
          },
          "expansion": "(eastern; doubtful)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: snecke (eastern; doubtful)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "snecco"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: snecco, sneggo\nMiddle High German: snëgge, snëcke\nAlemannic German: Schnägg\nGerman: Schnecke\n→ Dutch: snek\n→ Swedish: snäcka\nYiddish: שנעק (shnek)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: snecco, sneggo\nMiddle High German: snëgge, snëcke\nAlemannic German: Schnägg\nGerman: Schnecke\n→ Dutch: snek\n→ Swedish: snäcka\nYiddish: שנעק (shnek)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*snagōn",
        "3": "*-jō",
        "pos2": "agent noun suffix",
        "t1": "to crawl, creep"
      },
      "expansion": "*snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) + *-jō (agent noun suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*-ō",
        "alt1": "*sniggōn",
        "id2": "agent noun",
        "pos2": "agent noun suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*sniggōn + *-ō (agent noun suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*-gō",
        "alt1": "*snegan",
        "pos2": "animal suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*snegan + *-gō (animal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sneganą",
        "t": "to crawl, creep"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely from *snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) + *-jō (agent noun suffix), whence also *snagil (“snail”). Alternatively reconstructed as *sniggō, from *sniggōn + *-ō (agent noun suffix), iterative to *snīkan (“to crawl, creep”), or perhaps from *snegan + *-gō (animal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjanō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaggjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*snaggjō m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-an"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snaggjō",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine an-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-gō",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jō",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ō (agent noun)",
        "gmw-pro:Snails"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snail",
          "snail"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*snagil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "snaggjō"
}

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