skē̆ u-3, ksē̆ u-

    skē̆ u-3, ksē̆ u-

    English meaning: to sneeze

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “niesen” (Schallwort)

    Material: O.Ind. kṣüuti “niest”, kṣuta- “das Niesen”; common O.Ind. -ĝh- > -kṣ- phonetic mutation O.Lith. skiaudžiu, skiaudėti ‘sneeze” (similarly čiá udžiu, -dėti), Ltv. šḱ auju, šḱ üvu, šḱ aut, Iterat. šḱ aũ dê t ‘sneeze” (viel strong abweichend Slav. kъchnǫti, kychati and čьchati, compare O.Ind. chikkü “Niesen”); through hybridization with pneu- (above S. 838 f.): *ksneu-s- (*kneus-, *sneus-) in Pers. išnōša, ašnōša “Niesen”; O.Ice. hnjōsa, M.Eng. nēsen, O.H.G. niosan (participle ginoran); O.Ice. hnø̄ ri m., O.E. hnora “Niesen”, O.S. hnioxwrt “Nießwurz”; besides M.Eng. snēsen, Eng. sneeze; compare nd. snūsen, Dan. snuse ‘schnoben, wittern” under likewise; similarly also Lith. šniaũ kti ‘schnupfen”.

    References: WP. II 85, 551, Trautmann 266.