snag
意味
- (切り株・隠れた岩などの)鋭い(ごつごつした)突起
- (船の進行を妨げる)沈み木,倒れ木
- (衣類の)かぎ裂き,裂き目
- 《おもに英》意外な障害(故障)
- …を沈み木(切り株)に引っかける(からませる);(…に引っかけて)〈服〉をかぎ裂きにした
- 《米話》…をすばやくつかまえる
- 〈湖・河など〉の沈み木を除去する
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From earlier snag (“stump or branch of a tree”), from Middle English *snagge, *snage, from Old Norse snagi (“clothes peg”) (compare Old Norse snag-hyrndr (“snag-horned, having jagged corners”)), perhaps related to *sneganą, *snakaną (“to crawl, creep, wind about”) if the original meaning of the root *sneg- was more like “pointy object, stinging creature”. Note also *snakkōną (“to snap at, smack the lips; to blow”) (German schnacken (“to chat”)) and English sneck, snatch. Compare Norwegian snag, snage (“protrusion; projecting point”), Icelandic snagi (“peg”). Also see the Dutch-origin fish names snoek and snook.