Where does “*nasa” come from?

*nasa (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic nasō, from Proto-Indo-European nasō, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.

*nasa (Old Dutch): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “*nasa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*nasunose
2Proto-Germanicnasōnose
3Proto-Indo-Europeannasō
4Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril

Words derived from “*nasa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s-Every word from Proto-Indo-European nasōEvery word from Proto-Germanic nasō