Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fneusaną
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *pnew-, but presumably interpreted as onomatopoeic judging from the variety in the initial consonants.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to sneeze
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *fneusaną (strong class 2)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *fneusan
- Old Norse: *fnjósa, fnýsa
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fneusan- ~ *fnūsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fneusanan ~ *fnūsanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109