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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
snagaireachd, cutting or hacking wood with a knife; from Dial. Eng. snagger, a tool for snagging or cutting off snags, that is branches, knots, etc., Sc. snagger-snee, a large knife, snicker-snee, sneg, snag, cut off branches.
snagarra, active; from the above roots; cf. snasmhor.
snaidh, hew, chip, shape, Ir. snoighim, snaidhim (O'D.), E. Ir. snaidim, snaisi, peeled, W. naddu, hew, chip, cut. O. Cor. nedim, ascia (W. neddyf, neddai, adze, Br. eze, neze), M. Br. ezeff: *snadô; Ger. schnat, border, schnate, a young twig, Swiss schnätzen, cut, Swab. schnatte, an incision in wood or flesh (Bez. apud Stokes). Strachan suggests the root sknad, Gr. κναδάλλω, scratch, κνωδώνν, tooth (see cnàmh). Hence snas, regularity.
snàig, creep; from Sc. snaik, sneak in walking, etc., snaikin, sneaking, Eng. sneak, snake. Cf. Ir. snaighim, I creep.
snaim, a knot, Ir. snaidhm, E. Ir. snaidm, d. snaidmaimm, naidm, bond, nexus: *nadesmen, root ned, bind, I. E. nedh; Skr. nah, tie, naddha-s, tied; Ger. nestel, lace, O. H. G. nestila, a band; Lat. nôdus, for noz-dos, a knot. See nasg.
snàmh, swim, Ir. snámhaim, E. Ir. snám (inf.), ro snó, swam, W. nawf, natatio, nofio (vb.), M. Br. neuff, Br. neunv: *snâmu, (n.), snâô, I swim; Lat. no, nâre; Gr. νάω, flow; Skr. snâti, bathe, float.
snaodh, head, chief; ceann-snaodh, head chief (Carm.):
snaois, a slice, piece; cf. E. Ir. snaisse, cut, caesus, from snaidh.
snaoisean, snuff, Ir. snaoisín, snísín; from Eng. sneezing in sneesing powder, the old name for snuff, Sc. sneeshin, sneezin.
snaomanach, a strong, robust fellow, Ir. snaománach, stout, jolly fellow, hearty: "knotty", from *snadm- of snaim?
snaoidh, a bier, Ir. snaoi:
snap, the trigger of a gun; from the English snap.
snas, regularity, elegance, Ir. snas: "goot cut", from snad of snaidh; E. Ir. snass, a cut.
snàth, thread, Ir. snáth, O. Ir. snáthe, W. ysnoden, lace, fillet, noden, thread, Corn. noden, snod, vitta, Br. neudenn: *snâtio-, *snâto-n, root snâ, snê, wind, spin; Skr. snâyu, sinew, bow-string; Gr. εὔννητος, well-spun; Ger. schnur, lace, tie. See the allied snìomh and the next word below.
snàthad, a needle, Ir. snáthad, O. Ir. snáthat, W. nodwydd, O.Corn. notuid, Br. nadoz, nadoez: *snatantâ, snâteijâ, from snât of snàth above; cf. Eng. needle, Got. nêþla, O. H. G. nâdala, Ger. nadel.
sneachd, snow, so Ir., O. Ir. snechta, pl. snechti, nives, W. nyf: *sniqtaio-, *snibi- (Welsh), I. E. sniꬶh, sneiꬶh; Got. snaiws,
