Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “nuese” come from?

nuese (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nosa, from Proto-Germanic *nosu.

Ancestry of “nuese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnosa—
2Proto-Germanic*nosu—

Words derived from “nuese”

  • neusgang
  • snotneus
  • neusgat
  • neusbeen
  • neuzen
  • neuzeneuzen
  • neushoorn
  • neus
  • neuspeuteren
  • afneuzen
  • neusbeer
  • schoenneus
  • neus
Every word from Proto-Germanic *nosu →