sno

Pronunciation: /snuː/

“sno” is a Swedish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

to twist; to turn the ends of something, usually thread, thin rope etc., in opposite directions
to twist; to join together by twining one part around another
to (quickly) turn
to nick, to steal
to hurry up

Etymology

From Old Swedish snō, snōa, from Old Norse *snóa, from Proto-Germanic *snōaną (“to wind; twist; braid”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁(i)- (“to twist; turn; wind; braid; plait”). Compare Old Norse snúa (“to turn; twist”), Old High German snuoba (“band; fillet”).

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