Where does “hnēosan” come from?
hnēosan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hneusan, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.
hnēosan (Old English): to sneeze
Ancestry of “hnēosan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | hneusan | to sneeze |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hneusaną | to sneeze |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)knus- | to sneeze |
Words derived from “hnēosan”