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

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
- North Frisian: nös
- Saterland Frisian: Noose
- West Frisian: noas
Old Saxon: *nosa
- Middle Low German: nōse
  - German Low German: Nöös
Old Dutch: *nosa
- Middle Dutch: nose, nuese (with unexpected umlaut)
  - Dutch: neus
    - Afrikaans: neus
    - Javindo: nees
    - Negerhollands: naes, nees, nes

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