Etymograph

English

snagger

From snag + -er.

Formed from snag + -er

Old Norse snagi ‘clothes peg’

Middle English *snagge

English snag

Today it means

noun A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “snagger”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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