Where does “fnora” come from?

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

fnora (Old English): a sneeze; sneezing

Definitions

  1. a sneeze; sneezing

Ancestry of “fnora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fnoʀōa sneeze
2Proto-Germanicfnuzô—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpnew-to pant, breathe

Words derived from “fnora”

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