fnora

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀō, from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfno.rɑ/

Noun

fnora m

a sneeze
sneezing

Declension

Declension of fnora (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fnora	fnoran
accusative	fnoran	fnoran
genitive	fnoran	fnorena
dative	fnoran	fnorum

Derived terms

*fnorettan

Related terms

fnēosan

Descendants

Middle English: snore, *fnore
- English: snore
- Scots: snore

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