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Where does “nós” come from?

nós (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic nȍsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nasús, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s- — nose, nostril.

nós (Upper Sorbian): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “nós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnȍsъnose
2Proto-Balto-Slavicnasúsnose
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂s-nose, nostril
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