Where does “ġeposu” come from?

ġeposu (Old English) comes from Old English ġepos, from Proto-Germanic pusą, from Proto-Germanic pusōną, from Finnish pus-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

ġeposu (Old English): cold in the head; catarrh

Definitions

  1. cold in the head; catarrh

Ancestry of “ġeposu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeposa sneeze, snort; sneeze, snort
2Proto-Germanicpusąsneeze, snort
3Proto-Germanicpusōną—
4Finnishpus-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “ġeposu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Finnish pus- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pusōną →
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