Where does “nose” come from?

nose (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic nasō, from Proto-Indo-European nasō, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.

nose (Old Frisian): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “nose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnasōnose
2Proto-Indo-Europeannasō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril

Words derived from “nose”

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