Where does “naztruo” come from?

naztruo (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.

naztruo (Esperanto): nostril

Definitions

  1. nostril

Ancestry of “naztruo”, step by step

naztruo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto nazo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonazonose
2Germannasenose
3Middle High Germannasenose
4Old High Germannasanose
5Proto-West Germanic*nasunose
6Proto-Germanicnasōnose
7Proto-Indo-Europeannasō
8Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril

via Esperanto truo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotruohole
2Frenchtrouhole; blank; pause in conversation
3Medieval Latintraugus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s-Every word from Proto-Indo-European nasōEvery word from Proto-Germanic nasō
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