Where does “fniesan” come from?

fniesan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic fneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European pnew- — to pant, breathe.

fniesan (Old Dutch): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “fniesan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfneusanąto sneeze
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpnew-to pant, breathe

Words derived from “fniesan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fneusaną →