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Where does “nasa” come from?

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

nasa (Old High German): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “nasa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nasa”

  • Nasenbein
  • Nacktnasenwombat
  • Nasenloch
  • Nase
  • Breitmaulnashorn
  • Spitzmaulnashorn
  • Nashorn
  • Nasenflöte
  • Nasenring
  • Panzernashorn
  • hochnäsig
  • Nasenbär
  • Nasenbluten
  • Java-Nashorn
  • Sumatra-Nashorn
  • nazumo
  • naztruo
  • nazo
  • nazeto
  • nazego
  • nase
  • נאָז
  • נאָזלאָך
  • Nues
Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- →