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Where does “Nueslach” come from?

Nueslach (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Nues, 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.

Nueslach (Luxembourgish): nostril

Definitions

  1. nostril

Ancestry of “Nueslach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishNuesnose
2Old High Germannasanose
3Proto-West Germanic*nasu—
4Proto-Germanicnasōnose
5Proto-Indo-Europeannasō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril
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