Where does “snorting” come from?
Snorting derives from Middle English snorten, which comes from Middle English fnorten, a word of uncertain ultimate origin.
snorting (English): present participle of snort; A snort sound or...
Definitions
- present participle of snort; A snort sound or...
Ancestry of “snorting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | snort | The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly... |
| 2 | Middle English | snorten | to snore, snort |
| 3 | Middle English | fnorten | to snore, snort |
| 4 | Old English | *fnorettan | to snort |
| 5 | Old English | fnora | a sneeze; sneezing |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fnoʀō | a sneeze |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fnuzô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pnew- | to pant, breathe |