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Where does “nysa” come from?

nysa (Swedish) comes from Portuguese Nisa, from French nice, from Old French nice, from Latin nescius, from Latin nesciō, from Latin sciō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

nysa (Swedish): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “nysa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseNisa—
2Frenchnicecandid, naive
3Old Frenchnicesimple, foolish
4Latinnesciusunaware, ignorant; not knowing how, unable
5Latinnesciō—
6Latinsciō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
8Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
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