Where does “Stupsnase” come from?

Stupsnase (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.

Stupsnase (German): button nose, snub nose

Definitions

  1. button nose, snub nose

Ancestry of “Stupsnase”, step by step

Stupsnase traces back through two 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 Stups

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStupsnudge, bop
2Germanstupsento nudge, to prod
3German-senVerbal suffix that expresses an action being [[intensify
4Middle Low German-sen-son; a suffix used to form patronymic surnames

Words derived from “Stupsnase

Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s-