Where does “näs” come from?

näs (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German nase, from Old Saxon nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic nasō, from Proto-Indo-European nasō, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.

näs (Swedish): spit (of land), isthmus

Definitions

  1. spit (of land), isthmus

Ancestry of “näs”, step by step

näs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German nase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannase—
2Old Saxonnasa—
3Proto-West Germanic*nasunose
4Proto-Germanicnasōnose
5Proto-Indo-Europeannasō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril

via Proto-Germanic nasją

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
2Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose

Words derived from “näs”

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