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.
Ancestry of “nase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | nase | nose |
| 2 | Old High German | nasa | nose |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *nasu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasō | nose |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nasō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s- | nose, nostril |