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Where does “hneusan” come from?

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

hneusan (Proto-West Germanic): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “hneusan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hneusan”

  • neeze
  • nesen
  • hnēosan
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