Where does “*fnorettan” come from?

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

*fnorettan (Old English): to snort

Definitions

  1. to snort

Ancestry of “*fnorettan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfnoraa sneeze; sneezing
2Proto-West Germanic*fnoʀōa sneeze
3Proto-Germanicfnuzô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpnew-to pant, breathe

Words derived from “*fnorettan”

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