Where does “नासिक” come from?
नासिक (Hindi) comes from Marathi नाशिक, from Sanskrit नासिका, from Sanskrit नासा, from Sanskrit नस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian nás, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.
Ancestry of “नासिक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Marathi | नाशिक | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नासिका | nose |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नासा | nose; proboscis; a piece of wood projecting like... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नस् | accusative plural of अहम्; the nose, snout |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | nás | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nō̆s | we |