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Rh  Eng. snow, Ger. schnee; Lat. nix, nivis; Gr. νίφα (acc.), νίφει, it snows; Lit. sniñga (vb.), snḗgas, snow; Zend. çnizh.

soc, forepart of anything, ploughshare, snout, Ir. soc, E. Ir. socc, W. swch (f.), Cor. soch, Br. soc'h, souc'h (m.): *succo-, snout, pig's snout, *sukku-, a pig, W. hwch, Cor. hoch, Br. houc'h (Ag. S. sugu, Eng. sow, Lat. sûs, etc.). So Thurneysen (Rom., 112), who clinches his argument by E. Ir. corr being both "crane" and "beak". Fr. soc, ploughshare, Eng. sock are from Celtic. Stokes suggests the possibility of Celtic being