Where does “nys” come from?
nys (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk nyse, from Old Norse hnjósa, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.
nys (Norwegian Nynorsk): sneeze; present of nyse
Ancestry of “nys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | nyse | to sneeze |
| 2 | Old Norse | hnjósa | to sneeze |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hneusaną | to sneeze |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)knus- | to sneeze |