Where does “nesen” come from?

nesen (Middle English) comes from Old English hnēosan, from Proto-West Germanic hneusan, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.

Ancestry of “nesen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhnēosanto sneeze
2Proto-West Germanichneusanto sneeze
3Proto-Germanichneusanąto sneeze
4Proto-Indo-European(s)knus-to sneeze

Words derived from “nesen”

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