85: Snu Mar 3, 2015

Certain sounds can have connotations dating back to the Proto-Indo-European language. For example, the Proto-Indo-European word for 'nose' was 'snu'. That is why certain words relating to nose, snot, sneeze, snout &c. have that similar sound. Even invented words such as 'snuffleupagus' are examples of this connotation to the sounds.
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