snell

Senso (Inglese)

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.

sinonimi

leader

Traduzioni

الخيط الرّابط بين الشّص وخيط الصيد الرئيسي

χορδή αγκίστρου

snel

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/snɛl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: snell

Ereditato da inglese antico: snel

Affine Old Saxon: snel

Affine olandese: snel

Affine tedesco antico alto: snel

Affine yiddish: שנעל

Affine italiano: snello

Affine francese antico: esnel

Affine occitano: isnel

Affine norse antico: snjallr

Affine danese: 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”)).