ניסן 1
‘to sneeze’
ניסן 1
גענאָסן
'to sneeze'
ETYMOLOGY
{Why is it pronounced with an /s/ and not a /z/ as in Standard NHG? Why is the past participle strong and not weak like NHG geniest?
DW¹ notes that in dialects (which?) it is also spelled nieszen, with a past participle genossen.}
ON hnjósa; fnýsa, OE fnēosan, fnēsan, ME fnēsan, snēsan, English to sneeze, Dutch niezen, OHG niosan, niusan, niesan, MHG niesen (nôs, nurn, genorn); pfnūsen 'to snort, sneeze', NHG niesen; from PGmc ✱fneusan- ~ fnūsan- 'to sneeze'; from PIE ✱pnéus-e-, the root ✱pneu- plus the s-extension of an aoristic root; roote likely onomatopoetic.
Related: Greek πνέω 'to blow, cough, breathe'
Sanskrit nava-
CENTRAL
ʀot gənosn̩ cɩ dɛ vuˑə ער האָט גענאָסן צו דער וואָר {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}