Where does “fnýsa” come from?

fnýsa (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic fneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European pnew- — to pant, breathe.

Ancestry of “fnýsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfneusanąto sneeze
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpnew-to pant, breathe

Words derived from “fnýsa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnew-Every word from Proto-Germanic fneusaną