English word snail comes from Proto-Germanic - ilaz, Proto-Germanic *snag-, and later Proto-Germanic *snagilaz (Snail.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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- ilaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*snag- | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*snagilaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Snail. |
snæġel | Old English (ang) | |
snaile | Middle English (enm) | |
snail | English (en) | (engineering) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.. (informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.. (military, historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or [...] |