kchnąć
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish kchnąć, from Proto-Slavic *kъxnǫti.
Verb
kchnąć pf (imperfective kichać)
- (intransitive, Middle Polish) to sneeze (to expel air as a reflex)
- Synonyms: (obsolete) czchnąć, kichnąć
Further reading
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “kichać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kchnąć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
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