Where does “pose” come from?

pose (Middle English) comes from Old English ġeposu, from Old English ġepos, from Proto-Germanic pusą, from Proto-Germanic pusōną, from Finnish pus-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

Ancestry of “pose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeposucold in the head; catarrh
2Old Englishġeposa sneeze, snort; sneeze, snort
3Proto-Germanicpusąsneeze, snort
4Proto-Germanicpusōną—
5Finnishpus-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “pose”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →