Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/néh₂s

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

*Hnéh₂s-[1]

Noun

*néh₂s f[2][3][4]

nose

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*néh₂s
genitive	*n̥h₂sés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*néh₂s	*néh₂sh₁(e)	*néh₂ses
vocative	*néh₂s	*néh₂sh₁(e)	*néh₂ses
accusative	*néh₂sm̥	*néh₂sh₁(e)	*néh₂sm̥s
genitive	*n̥h₂sés	*?	*n̥h₂sóHom
ablative	*n̥h₂sés	*?	*n̥h₂smós
dative	*n̥h₂séy	*?	*n̥h₂smós
locative	néh₂s, néh₂si	*?	*n̥h₂sú
instrumental	*n̥h₂séh₁	*?	*n̥h₂smís

Derived terms

*néh₂s-eh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náHsaH (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasús
  - Proto-Slavic: *nȍsъ (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Slavic: *nozdrà, *nȍzdrь (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasrāˀ[5]
  - Lithuanian: nasraĩ, nastraĩ (“mouth, snout”); nãsras (“mouth”)
- Proto-Germanic: *nasō[6] (see there for further descendants)
- >? Proto-Germanic: *nasją (“cape, headland, foothill”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *nustrō (influenced by *nusō?)
  - Old Saxon: *nostar
    - Middle Low German: noster, nüster
      - Low German: Nüster
        → German: Nüster

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nāˀsis[7]
- Latvian: nāss
- Lithuanian: nósis
- Old Prussian: nozy
Proto-Italic: *nās[8]
- ⇒ Proto-Italic: *nāzis[8]
  - Latin: nāris (“nostril”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Italic: *nāssos[8]
  - Latin: nāsus (“nose”) (see there for further descendants)
Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
  - Sanskrit: नस् (nás, nā́s, “nose”)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “nas-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 755
Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Kortlandt 1985a: 119
Derksen, Rick (2015), “nasrai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-330
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*nasō- - *nusō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Derksen, Rick (2015), “nosis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nāris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “nas-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 755

[3] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[4] Kortlandt 1985a: 119

[Derksen_nasrai-5] Derksen, Rick (2015), “nasrai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-330

[Kroonen-6] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*nasō- - *nusō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[Derksen_nosis-7] Derksen, Rick (2015), “nosis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

[De_Vaan-8] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nāris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400