Where does “nöös” come from?
nöös (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian nose, from Proto-Germanic nasō, from Proto-Indo-European nasō, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.
nöös (North Frisian): nose
Ancestry of “nöös”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | nose | nose |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nasō | nose |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nasō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s- | nose, nostril |