Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nosu

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

*nosu f

  1. nose
    Synonyms: *nasi, *nasu

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *nosu
Genitive *nosā
Singular Plural
Nominative *nosu *nosō
Accusative *nosā *nosā
Genitive *nosā *nosō
Dative *nosē *nosōm, *nosum
Instrumental *nosu *nosōm, *nosum

Descendants

  • Old English: nosu, neosu
    • Middle English: nose, neose, noose, nosse, nos, nosu
      • English: nose
      • Scots: nos, nose, nois
  • Old Frisian: nose, nosi
  • Old Saxon: *nosa
  • Old Dutch: *nosa
    • Middle Dutch: nose, nuese (with unexpected umlaut)
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