snell

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. (Scotland) Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
2. (Scotland) Quick-witted; clever.
3. (Scotland) Harsh, severe, or stinging.

Adv

Alternative form of snelly.

Noun

A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line.

Verb

To tie a hook to the end of a fishing line with a snell knot.

Sinónimos

leader

Traducións

الخيط الرّابط بين الشّص وخيط الصيد الرئيسي

χορδή αγκίστρου

snel

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/snɛl/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: snell

Herdado de Old English: snel

Relativo a Old Saxon: snel

Relativo a neerlandés: snel

Relativo a Old High German: snel

Relativo a yiddish: שנעל

Relativo a italiano: snello

Relativo a Old French: esnel

Relativo a occitano: isnel

Relativo a Old Norse: snjallr

Relativo a dinamarqués: snild

In summary

Inherited from Middle English snell (“quick, fast”) from Old English snel, snell (“lively, quick”) from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, swift, brisk”).
Akin to Old Saxon snel, snell (“active, strenuous”), Dutch snel, Old High German snel (whence German schnell (“quick, swift”), Yiddish שנעל (shnel, “quick, swift”), Italian snello (“quick, nimble”), Old French esnel, isnel (“snell”), and Occitan isnel, irnel (“snell”)), Old Norse snjallr (“skilful, excellent”) (whence Danish snild (“clever”)).