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Where does “Nase” come from?

Nase (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 (German): nose; snout; nase

Definitions

  1. nose; snout; nase

Ancestry of “Nase”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Nase”

  • Nasenbein
  • Nacktnasenwombat
  • Nasenloch
  • Breitmaulnashorn
  • Spitzmaulnashorn
  • Nashorn
  • Nasenflöte
  • Nasenring
  • Panzernashorn
  • hochnäsig
  • Nasenbär
  • Nasenbluten
  • Java-Nashorn
  • Sumatra-Nashorn
  • nazumo
  • naztruo
  • nazo
  • nazeto
  • nazego
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