Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nasu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Presumably related to *nasō (“nose”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”).

Noun

*nasu f

1. nose

   Synonyms: *nasi, *nosu

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nasu
Genitive	*nasā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nasu	*nasō
Accusative	*nasā	*nasā
Genitive	*nasā	*nasō
Dative	*nasē	*nasōm, *nasum
Instrumental	*nasu	*nasōm, *nasum

Related terms

• *nasi
• *nosu

Descendants

• Old English: nasu, naso
  • Middle English: nase, nasse, nease
• Old Frisian: *nase
  • North Frisian: naas
• Old Dutch: *nasa
  • Middle Dutch: nase
• Old High German: nasa
  • Middle High German: nase
    • Alemannic German: Nase, Naase (Basel, Aargau, Lucerne, Zug, Schwyz, Uri)
      • Swabian: Nas
    • Bavarian: Nosn
    • Central Franconian: Nas, Noas, Nos (western Moselle Franconian)
      • Hunsrik: Naas
      • Luxembourgish: Nues
    • East Franconian: Nous
    • German: Nase
    • Rhine Franconian: Noos
      • Pennsylvania German: Naas
    • Vilamovian: nōs, nōz
    • Yiddish: נאָז (noz)