Where does “nazego” come from?
nazego (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nazo, from German nase, 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.
nazego (Esperanto): large nose
Ancestry of “nazego”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | nazo | nose |
| 2 | German | nase | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | nase | nose |
| 4 | Old High German | nasa | nose |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *nasu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nasō | nose |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nasō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s- | nose, nostril |