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==Etymology==
− It is obscurely related to early Middle English sniken, to creep, crawl (about 1200),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) from Old English [[m|ang|snīcan]] (before 899),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*sneikanan]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) cognate with Old Norse sníkja, to desire, hanker, and Danish snige, to sneak,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) and related to [[snail]] and [[snake]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The NODE suggests the 16th-century word was probably dialectal.^(NODE 1998)
+ It is obscurely related to early [[enm|sniken]], to creep, crawl (about 1200),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) from Old English [[m|ang|snīcan]] (before 899),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*sneikanan]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) cognate with [[non|sníkja]], to desire, hanker, and [[da|snige]], to sneak,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) and related to [[snail]] and [[snake]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The NODE suggests the 16th-century word was probably dialectal.^(NODE 1998)
==Earliest recorded meaning==