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I was looking up the etymology of the word Snooze, and the Oxford Etymology Online suggested it was unknown. I thought this was odd, because the verb to fall asleep in Czech is usnout, which is very similar. Any connection?
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I was looking up the etymology of the word Snooze, and the Oxford Etymology Online suggested it was unknown. I thought this was odd, because the verb to fall asleep in Czech is usnout, which is very similar. Any connection?
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I very much doubt we got the word from Czech. Maybe it's a "portmanteau" of snore and doze, but that's pure speculation on my part. It goes back to at least 1789, according to the OED - but we didn't come up with snooze buttons on alarms until 1965.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
I don't expect that we got it from Czech, but I was wondering if there is a connection via Proto Indo-European, like the connection between the PIE médʰu (honey wine) and the English Mead (Honey Wine), the Czech Med (honey) or the Iranian Mei (wine). Anyone know the PIE reconstruction for sleep or related words?
– John H.
yesterday
Snooze is associated with the nose, like other words with the 2D + 3D ConvexSN-assonance, e.g, sniff sneeze snort snore snuff snicker snorkel sniffle snub snob snoop snarl snoot snivel snigger sneer snot snout.
– John Lawler
yesterday
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Doing a little bit of research, and find it curious that in Latin Somnus is sleep and Sona in Hindi is also sleep. I can't help but wonder if there is a deeper PIE connection here given the coincidence of the consonants SN in all these words: Sona - Somnus - Snooze - Usnout
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I was looking up the etymology of the word Snooze, and the Oxford Etymology Online suggested it was unknown. I thought this was odd, because the verb to fall asleep in Czech is usnout, which is very similar. Any connection?
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I was looking up the etymology of the word Snooze, and the Oxford Etymology Online suggested it was unknown. I thought this was odd, because the verb to fall asleep in Czech is usnout, which is very similar. Any connection?
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I very much doubt we got the word from Czech. Maybe it's a "portmanteau" of snore and doze, but that's pure speculation on my part. It goes back to at least 1789, according to the OED - but we didn't come up with snooze buttons on alarms until 1965.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
I don't expect that we got it from Czech, but I was wondering if there is a connection via Proto Indo-European, like the connection between the PIE médʰu (honey wine) and the English Mead (Honey Wine), the Czech Med (honey) or the Iranian Mei (wine). Anyone know the PIE reconstruction for sleep or related words?
– John H.
yesterday
Snooze is associated with the nose, like other words with the 2D + 3D ConvexSN-assonance, e.g, sniff sneeze snort snore snuff snicker snorkel sniffle snub snob snoop snarl snoot snivel snigger sneer snot snout.
– John Lawler
yesterday
1
Doing a little bit of research, and find it curious that in Latin Somnus is sleep and Sona in Hindi is also sleep. I can't help but wonder if there is a deeper PIE connection here given the coincidence of the consonants SN in all these words: Sona - Somnus - Snooze - Usnout
– John H.
yesterday
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I very much doubt we got the word from Czech. Maybe it's a "portmanteau" of snore and doze, but that's pure speculation on my part. It goes back to at least 1789, according to the OED - but we didn't come up with snooze buttons on alarms until 1965.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
I don't expect that we got it from Czech, but I was wondering if there is a connection via Proto Indo-European, like the connection between the PIE médʰu (honey wine) and the English Mead (Honey Wine), the Czech Med (honey) or the Iranian Mei (wine). Anyone know the PIE reconstruction for sleep or related words?
– John H.
yesterday
Snooze is associated with the nose, like other words with the 2D + 3D ConvexSN-assonance, e.g, sniff sneeze snort snore snuff snicker snorkel sniffle snub snob snoop snarl snoot snivel snigger sneer snot snout.
– John Lawler
yesterday
1
Doing a little bit of research, and find it curious that in Latin Somnus is sleep and Sona in Hindi is also sleep. I can't help but wonder if there is a deeper PIE connection here given the coincidence of the consonants SN in all these words: Sona - Somnus - Snooze - Usnout
– John H.
yesterday
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I very much doubt we got the word from Czech. Maybe it's a "portmanteau" of snore and doze, but that's pure speculation on my part. It goes back to at least 1789, according to the OED - but we didn't come up with snooze buttons on alarms until 1965.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
I very much doubt we got the word from Czech. Maybe it's a "portmanteau" of snore and doze, but that's pure speculation on my part. It goes back to at least 1789, according to the OED - but we didn't come up with snooze buttons on alarms until 1965.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
I don't expect that we got it from Czech, but I was wondering if there is a connection via Proto Indo-European, like the connection between the PIE médʰu (honey wine) and the English Mead (Honey Wine), the Czech Med (honey) or the Iranian Mei (wine). Anyone know the PIE reconstruction for sleep or related words?
– John H.
yesterday
I don't expect that we got it from Czech, but I was wondering if there is a connection via Proto Indo-European, like the connection between the PIE médʰu (honey wine) and the English Mead (Honey Wine), the Czech Med (honey) or the Iranian Mei (wine). Anyone know the PIE reconstruction for sleep or related words?
– John H.
yesterday
Snooze is associated with the nose, like other words with the 2D + 3D Convex
SN- assonance, e.g, sniff sneeze snort snore snuff snicker snorkel sniffle snub snob snoop snarl snoot snivel snigger sneer snot snout.– John Lawler
yesterday
Snooze is associated with the nose, like other words with the 2D + 3D Convex
SN- assonance, e.g, sniff sneeze snort snore snuff snicker snorkel sniffle snub snob snoop snarl snoot snivel snigger sneer snot snout.– John Lawler
yesterday
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Doing a little bit of research, and find it curious that in Latin Somnus is sleep and Sona in Hindi is also sleep. I can't help but wonder if there is a deeper PIE connection here given the coincidence of the consonants SN in all these words: Sona - Somnus - Snooze - Usnout
– John H.
yesterday
Doing a little bit of research, and find it curious that in Latin Somnus is sleep and Sona in Hindi is also sleep. I can't help but wonder if there is a deeper PIE connection here given the coincidence of the consonants SN in all these words: Sona - Somnus - Snooze - Usnout
– John H.
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The Green’s Dictionary of Slang suggests an earlier usage, but adds no details about its origin:
1753 [UK] J. Poulter Discoveries (1774) 43: The Cull is at Snoos; The Man is asleep.
In the following interesting extract from Grammarphobia, they notice that a number of English terms related to “nose” are ultimately related to old German “snut”, but still snooze appears to have a misterious origin:
The words “snot,” “snotty,” “snout,” “snoot,” “snooty” (in the sense of looking down one’s nose) and “schnoz” are all related to a similar prehistoric Germanic root associated with the nose, “snut.”
“Snob” is unrelated, and “snooze” is of uncertain origin. But “snitch,” meaning an informer, may be related to a 17th-century word for a fillip on the nose. So there may be a connection there.
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The Green’s Dictionary of Slang suggests an earlier usage, but adds no details about its origin:
1753 [UK] J. Poulter Discoveries (1774) 43: The Cull is at Snoos; The Man is asleep.
In the following interesting extract from Grammarphobia, they notice that a number of English terms related to “nose” are ultimately related to old German “snut”, but still snooze appears to have a misterious origin:
The words “snot,” “snotty,” “snout,” “snoot,” “snooty” (in the sense of looking down one’s nose) and “schnoz” are all related to a similar prehistoric Germanic root associated with the nose, “snut.”
“Snob” is unrelated, and “snooze” is of uncertain origin. But “snitch,” meaning an informer, may be related to a 17th-century word for a fillip on the nose. So there may be a connection there.
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The Green’s Dictionary of Slang suggests an earlier usage, but adds no details about its origin:
1753 [UK] J. Poulter Discoveries (1774) 43: The Cull is at Snoos; The Man is asleep.
In the following interesting extract from Grammarphobia, they notice that a number of English terms related to “nose” are ultimately related to old German “snut”, but still snooze appears to have a misterious origin:
The words “snot,” “snotty,” “snout,” “snoot,” “snooty” (in the sense of looking down one’s nose) and “schnoz” are all related to a similar prehistoric Germanic root associated with the nose, “snut.”
“Snob” is unrelated, and “snooze” is of uncertain origin. But “snitch,” meaning an informer, may be related to a 17th-century word for a fillip on the nose. So there may be a connection there.
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The Green’s Dictionary of Slang suggests an earlier usage, but adds no details about its origin:
1753 [UK] J. Poulter Discoveries (1774) 43: The Cull is at Snoos; The Man is asleep.
In the following interesting extract from Grammarphobia, they notice that a number of English terms related to “nose” are ultimately related to old German “snut”, but still snooze appears to have a misterious origin:
The words “snot,” “snotty,” “snout,” “snoot,” “snooty” (in the sense of looking down one’s nose) and “schnoz” are all related to a similar prehistoric Germanic root associated with the nose, “snut.”
“Snob” is unrelated, and “snooze” is of uncertain origin. But “snitch,” meaning an informer, may be related to a 17th-century word for a fillip on the nose. So there may be a connection there.
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The Green’s Dictionary of Slang suggests an earlier usage, but adds no details about its origin:
1753 [UK] J. Poulter Discoveries (1774) 43: The Cull is at Snoos; The Man is asleep.
In the following interesting extract from Grammarphobia, they notice that a number of English terms related to “nose” are ultimately related to old German “snut”, but still snooze appears to have a misterious origin:
The words “snot,” “snotty,” “snout,” “snoot,” “snooty” (in the sense of looking down one’s nose) and “schnoz” are all related to a similar prehistoric Germanic root associated with the nose, “snut.”
“Snob” is unrelated, and “snooze” is of uncertain origin. But “snitch,” meaning an informer, may be related to a 17th-century word for a fillip on the nose. So there may be a connection there.
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I very much doubt we got the word from Czech. Maybe it's a "portmanteau" of snore and doze, but that's pure speculation on my part. It goes back to at least 1789, according to the OED - but we didn't come up with snooze buttons on alarms until 1965.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
I don't expect that we got it from Czech, but I was wondering if there is a connection via Proto Indo-European, like the connection between the PIE médʰu (honey wine) and the English Mead (Honey Wine), the Czech Med (honey) or the Iranian Mei (wine). Anyone know the PIE reconstruction for sleep or related words?
– John H.
yesterday
Snooze is associated with the nose, like other words with the 2D + 3D Convex
SN-assonance, e.g, sniff sneeze snort snore snuff snicker snorkel sniffle snub snob snoop snarl snoot snivel snigger sneer snot snout.– John Lawler
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Doing a little bit of research, and find it curious that in Latin Somnus is sleep and Sona in Hindi is also sleep. I can't help but wonder if there is a deeper PIE connection here given the coincidence of the consonants SN in all these words: Sona - Somnus - Snooze - Usnout
– John H.
yesterday