schnöde

Meaning

despicable, vile

Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German snoede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snauþuz (“bald, naked, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-tu-s, from the root *ksnew- (“to scrape, sharpen”). Cognates include Dutch snood, sneu and Old Norse snauðr.

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