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Where does “nazumo” come from?

nazumo (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.

nazumo (Esperanto): pince-nez ; eyeglasses, spectacles, pair of...

Definitions

  1. pince-nez ; eyeglasses, spectacles, pair of...

Ancestry of “nazumo”, step by step

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