An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schnaue

by Friedrich Kluge

Schnaue, feminine, ‘snow’ (vessel), from the equivalent Low German snau, Dutch snaauw, whence also English snow, French senau; “orig. a ship with a beak, from Low German snau, ‘beak.’” Yet compare also Old High German snacga, ‘navis rostrata’?.