sneeze
English
/sniːz/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
- (intransitive) To expel air as if the nose were irritated.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English snesen (sneeze) inherited from Old English fnēosan (sneeze, snort) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fneusaną (snort, sneeze) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (breathe, pant, snort, sneeze, gasp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pnew-
Gloss
breathe, pant, snort, sneeze, gasp
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- guard English
- sneezeguard English
- sneezeless English
- sneezer English
- sneezeweed English
- sneezewood English
- sneezewort English
- sneezily English
- sneeziness English
- sneezy English
- weed English
- wood English
- wort English
- pneumaticus Latin
- fniezen Dutch, Flemish
- διαπνέω Ancient Greek
- δύσπνοια Ancient Greek
- θεόπνευστος Ancient Greek
- πνέω Ancient Greek
- πνοή Ancient Greek
- *(s)knus- Proto-Indo-European
- *pnew- Proto-Indo-European
- nyse Norwegian Bokmål
- *fneusaną Proto-Germanic
- *fnuzô Proto-Germanic
- *fnōsijaną Proto-Germanic
- *hneusaną Proto-Germanic
- nyse Norwegian Nynorsk
- fneosan Old English
- fnēosan Old English
- fnesen Middle English
- snesen Middle English
- fnjósa Old Norse
- fnœsa Old Norse
- hnjósa Old Norse
- nyse Danish
- fnæsa Icelandic
- πνέω Greek (modern)
- fniesen Middle Dutch
- niosan Old High German
- njósa Faroese
- ניסן Yiddish
- *fniesan Old Dutch
- niusa Old Swedish
- niūsa, niusa Old Swedish
- njus Westrobothnian
- *pnewa Proto-Albanian
- niausa Gutnish