Where does “Nues” come from?

Nues (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

Nues (Luxembourgish): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “Nues”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannasanose
2Proto-West Germanic*nasunose
3Proto-Germanicnasōnose
4Proto-Indo-Europeannasō
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril

Words derived from “Nues

Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s-Every word from Proto-Indo-European nasōEvery word from Proto-Germanic nasō