Where does “nosethirl” come from?

nosethirl (Middle English) comes from Old English nosþyrel, from Old English nosu, from Proto-Germanic *nosu.

nosethirl (Middle English): nostril

Definitions

  1. nostril

Ancestry of “nosethirl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnosþyrelnostril
2Old Englishnosunose
3Proto-Germanic*nosu—

Words derived from “nosethirl”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *nosu →Every word from Old English nosu →Every word from Old English nosþyrel →