Where does “nyse” come from?

nyse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hnjósa, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.

nyse (Norwegian Bokmål): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “nyse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehnjósato sneeze
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 hnjósa →