Where does “niosan” come from?

niosan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic hneusan, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.

niosan (Old High German): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “niosan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichneusanto sneeze
2Proto-Germanichneusanąto sneeze
3Proto-Indo-European(s)knus-to sneeze

Words derived from “niosan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hneusaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hneusan →
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