Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
The act of snoring, and the noise produced. · An extremely boring person or event.
From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*pnew-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsnorenenm
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- Derivation mentionfnoraang · snort; sneezing
- Derivation mention*fnuzôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*pnew-ine-pro · to breathe; snort; sneeze
- Cognate mention*snarkōngmw-pro
- Cognate mentionsnorrengml · to drone
- Cognate mentionsnorrennl · to hum, purr
- Cognate mentionfnesenenm
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