Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hneusaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
*hneusaną[1]
- to sneeze
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *hneusaną (strong class 2)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xneusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180