Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nasi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Related to *nasu (“nose”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”).

Noun

*nasi m

nose
Synonyms: *nasu, *nosu

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nasi
Genitive	*nasī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nasi	*nasī
Accusative	*nasi	*nasī
Genitive	*nasī	*nassjō
Dative	*nasī	*nasim
Instrumental	*nasī	*nasim

Descendants

Old Saxon: *nasi
- Middle Low German: nēse, nāse
  - Low German: Nese, Nees
    - → East Central German: Neese (Berlin)
  - Plautdietsch: Näs
Old Dutch: *nesi
- nese