Where does “nasu” come from?

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

nasu (Old English): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “nasu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*nasunose
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 →