Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hneusaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pnew-, but presumably interpreted as onomatopoeic judging from the variety in the initial consonants. Forms with initial h- may show interference from Proto-Indo-European *(s)knus- (“to sneeze”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*hneusaną[1]
- to sneeze
Inflection
Conjugation of *hneusaną (strong class 2)
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xneusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180