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

1. 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