Etymology

From Old High German snīdan (compare German schneiden), from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‎(“to cut”) (compare Dutch snijden ‎(“to cut, carve, intersect”), English snithe ‎(“to cut”), Swedish snida ‎(“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða ‎(“to trim, tailor”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sneit- ‎(“to cut”).