Consumption 6.5 Pets 6.6 Symbolism 6.7 Religion 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links Etymology The English word snake comes from Old English snaca , itself from Proto-Germanic *snak-an- (cf. German Schnake "ring snake," Swedish snok "grass snake"), from Proto-Indo-European root *(s)nēg-o- "to crawl, creep," which also gave