Where does “Nase” come from?

Nase (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic nasō, from Proto-Indo-European nasō, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.

Nase (Alemannic German): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “Nase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannasenose
2Old High Germannasanose
3Proto-West Germanic*nasunose
4Proto-Germanicnasōnose
5Proto-Indo-Europeannasō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril
Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nasō →Every word from Proto-Germanic nasō →