Where does “Kuhnasenrochen” come from?

Kuhnasenrochen (German) comes 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.

Kuhnasenrochen (German): cownose ray stingray in the genus

Definitions

  1. cownose ray stingray in the genus

Ancestry of “Kuhnasenrochen”, step by step

Kuhnasenrochen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German nase

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

via German Kuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKuhcow
2Middle High Germankuocow
3Old High Germankuocow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

via German rochen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrochenfirst/third-person plural preterite of riechen
2Middle Low Germanroche
Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s-