Where does “nyse” come from?
nyse (Danish) comes from Old Norse hnjósa, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.
nyse (Danish): sneeze
Ancestry of “nyse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | hnjósa | to sneeze |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hneusaną | to sneeze |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)knus- | to sneeze |