Where does “न्हाय्” come from?

न्हाय् (Newari) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-na(r) — nose.

Ancestry of “न्हाय्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sV-na(r)nose
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-na(r)