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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ksewǝ-, *sk-
Meaning: to sneeze
Old Indian: kṣauti `to sneeze; cough', kṣuti- f. `sneezing', kṣáva- m. id.
Other Iranian: NPers išnōša, ašnōša `niesen'
Baltic: *skeû- (1/2) vb., *skeû-d-ī̂-, -ē̂-, -ā̂- vb.
Russ. meaning: чихать
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *sniúsan- vb. , *xniúsan- vb.; *xnuzḗn, *snuzḗn
Meaning: snore
Old Norse: hnjōsa st. `niesen, blasen'; hnöri, hneri, hneyri m. `Niesen, Schneuzen, Rotz'
Norwegian: njosa vb.; snör `Rotz'
Swedish: nysa vb.
Danish: nüse vb.
Old English: hnor `het niezen'; hnora `Niesen'
Middle English: snēsen, nēsen
English: sneeze
Old Saxon: hnios-wurt `Nieswurz'
Middle Dutch: niesen
Dutch: niezen
Middle Low German: nēsen
Old High German: (h)niosan (10.Jh.)
Middle High German: niusen, niesen wk. 'versuchen, erproben'
German: niesen
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1749
Root: skē̆u-3, ksē̆u-
English meaning: to sneeze
German meaning: `niesen' (Schallwort)
Material: Ai. kṣāuti `niest', kṣuta- `das Niesen'; alit. skiaudžiu, skiaudėti `niesen' (ähnlich čiáudžiu, -dėti), lett. šḱauju, šḱāvu, šḱaut, Iterat. šḱaũdêt `niesen' (viel starker abweichend slav. kъchnǫti, kychati und čьchati, vgl. ai. chikkā `Niesen'); durch Kreuzung mit pneu- (oben S. 838 f.): *ksneu-s- (*kneus-, *sneus-) in npers. išnōša, ašnōša `Niesen'; aisl. hnjōsa, mengl. nēsen, ahd. niosan (Partiz. ginoran); aisl. hnø̄ri m., ags. hnora `Niesen', as. hnioxwrt `Nießwurz'; daneben mengl. snēsen, engl. sneeze; vgl. nd. snūsen, dän. snuse `schnoben, wittern' u. dgl.; ähnlich auch lit. šniaũkti `schnupfen'.
References: WP. II 85, 551, Trautmann 266.
Pages: 953
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