Where does “nös” come from?

nös (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic nasō, from Proto-Indo-European nasō, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.

nös (Icelandic): nostril

Definitions

  1. nostril

Ancestry of “nös”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenǫsnose
2Proto-Germanicnasōnose
3Proto-Indo-Europeannasō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril
Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nasō →Every word from Proto-Germanic nasō →