Where does “hnøri” come from?

hnøri (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.

Ancestry of “hnøri”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hnøri

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