Where does “hnerri” come from?

hnerri (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hnøri, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.

hnerri (Icelandic): sneeze

Definitions

  1. sneeze

Ancestry of “hnerri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehnøri—
2Proto-Germanichneusanąto sneeze
3Proto-Indo-European(s)knus-to sneeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hneusaną →Every word from Old Norse hnøri →