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Where does “hnjósa” come from?

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

hnjósa (Old Norse): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “hnjósa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hnjósa”

  • nysa
  • nyse
  • nyse
  • nys
  • nyse
  • njósa
  • niusa
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