Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nasu

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

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

Noun

*nasu f

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
Instrumental	*nasu	*nasōm

Related terms

*nasi
*nosu

Descendants

Old English: nasu
- 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
    - Swabian: Nas
  - Bavarian: Nosn
  - Central Franconian: Nas, Nos
    - Hunsrik: Naas
    - Kölsch: Naas
  - East Franconian: Nous
  - German: Nase
  - Luxembourgish: Nues
  - Rhine Franconian: Noos
    - Pennsylvania German: Naas
  - Vilamovian: nōs, nōz
  - Yiddish: נאָז‎ (noz)