Where does “ניסערײַ” come from?
ניסערײַ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ניסן, from Middle High German niesen, from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic hneusan, from Proto-Germanic hneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)knus- — to sneeze.
ניסערײַ (Yiddish): sneezing fit
Ancestry of “ניסערײַ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | ניסן | to sneeze; Nisan |
| 2 | Middle High German | niesen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | niosan | to sneeze |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hneusan | to sneeze |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hneusaną | to sneeze |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)knus- | to sneeze |