Etymology Explorer
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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
hneusaną
to sneeze
2
Proto-Indo-European
(s)knus-
to sneeze
Words derived from “hnøri”
hnerri
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- →
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