Where does “niesen” come from?

niesen (German) comes from Middle High German niesen, from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic hneusan, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.

niesen (German): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “niesen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanniesento sneeze
2Old High Germanniosanto sneeze
3Proto-West Germanichneusanto sneeze
4Proto-Germanichneusanąto sneeze
5Proto-Indo-European(s)knus-to sneeze

Words derived from “niesen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hneusaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hneusan →