Where does “nøs” come from?

nøs (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic nasō, from Proto-Indo-European nasō, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.

nøs (Norwegian Bokmål): past tense of nyse

Definitions

  1. past tense of nyse

Ancestry of “nøs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenǫsnose
2Proto-Germanicnasōnose
3Proto-Indo-Europeannasō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril
Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nasō →Every word from Proto-Germanic nasō →