Where does “snortle” come from?
snortle (English) comes from English snort, from Middle English snorten, from Middle English fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, from Old English fnora, from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀō, from Proto-Germanic fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European pnew- — to pant, breathe.
snortle (English): To give a hearty laugh that is punctuated by a...
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Ancestry of “snortle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | snort | The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly... |
| 2 | Middle English | snorten | — |
| 3 | Middle English | fnorten | — |
| 4 | Old English | *fnorettan | — |
| 5 | Old English | fnora | a sneeze; sneezing |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fnoʀō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fnuzô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pnew- | to pant, breathe |