- fnésan
- sv/t5 3rd pres fnísð past fnæs/fnǽson ptp gefnesen to pant, gasp; ge\fnésan sneeze
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
fnésan
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fnesan — *fnesan germ., schwach. Verb: nhd. schnauben, niesen; ne. sneeze (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ahd.; Etymologie: vergleiche idg. *pneu , Verb, k … Germanisches Wörterbuch
fnæs — 1. n ( es/fnasu) fringe; dat pl fnasum; 2. past 3rd sing of fnesan … Old to modern English dictionary
sneeze — [15] The Old English word for ‘sneeze’ was fnēsan, a distant relative of Greek pneuma ‘breath’ (source of English pneumatic). This survived into Middle English as fnese. The letters f and s were very similar in medieval script, so it could have… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
niesen — Vstsw std. (10. Jh.), mhd. niesen, ahd. niosan Stammwort. Aus g. * hneus a Vst. niesen , auch in anord. hnjósa. Daneben anord. fnýsa, ae. fnēsan und me. snese(n), ne. sneeze. Gehört zu einer größeren Zahl schallmalender Bildungen mit dieser… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
fnas- — *fnas germ., schwach. Verb: nhd. schnauben; ne. snort (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ahd.; Hinweis: s. *fnesan; Etymologie: vergleiche idg. *pneu … Germanisches Wörterbuch
pneu- — pneu English meaning: to breathe Deutsche Übersetzung: and andere with pn anlautende Sippen for “keuchen, atmen”; schallmalend Material: Gk. πνέω (πνεῦσαι) “blow, pant, gasp, breathe, smell”, πνεῦμα “das Wehen, breath, breeze,… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
sneeze — [15] The Old English word for ‘sneeze’ was fnēsan, a distant relative of Greek pneuma ‘breath’ (source of English pneumatic). This survived into Middle English as fnese. The letters f and s were very similar in medieval script, so it could have… … Word origins
sneeze — n. & v. n. 1 a sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth caused by irritation of the nostrils. 2 the sound of this. v.intr. make a sneeze. Phrases and idioms: not to be sneezed at colloq. not contemptible; considerable; notable … Useful english dictionary
