sneak (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[sneak 词源字典]
1550s (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl" (c. 1200), related to Old English snican "to sneak along, creep, crawl," from Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake (n.). Of feelings, suspicions, etc., from 1748. Transitive sense, "to partake of surreptitiously" is from 1883. Related: Sneaking. Sneak-thief first recorded 1859; sneak-preview is from 1938.[sneak etymology, sneak origin, 英语词源]
sneak (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"a sneaking person; mean, contemptible fellow," 1640s, from sneak (v.).