Where does “snoren” come from?

snoren (Middle English) comes from Middle English fnoren, from Middle English snore, from Old English fnora, from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀō, from Proto-Germanic fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European pnew- — to pant, breathe.

snoren (Middle English): to snore

Definitions

  1. to snore

Ancestry of “snoren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfnorenAlternative form of snoren; to snore loudly;...
2Middle EnglishsnoreAlternative form of snoren; snorting
3Old Englishfnoraa sneeze; sneezing
4Proto-West Germanic*fnoʀōa sneeze
5Proto-Germanicfnuzô—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpnew-to pant, breathe

Words derived from “snoren”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fnuzô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀō →