Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. · A snout, the nose of an animal. · The tip of an object. · The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”). See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).
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- Inherited-form mentionnoseenm
- Inherited-form mentionnosuang
- Inherited-form mention*nosugmw-pro
- Derivation mention*néh₂s-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionNoosestq
- Cognate mentionnoasfy
- Cognate mentionneusnl
- Cognate mentionnossv
- Cognate mentionnosno
- Cognate mentionNääsnds
- Cognate mentionNasede
- Cognate mentionnäsasv
- Cognate mentionneseno
- Cognate mentionnæseda
- Cognate mentionnārisla
- Cognate mentionnósislt
- Cognate mentionносru
- Cognate mentionनासाsa
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