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]^[2]
*nás-^[3]^[4]

Noun

*néh₂s f^[5]

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, n̥h₂sbʰós
dative	*n̥h₂séy	*?	n̥h₂smós, n̥h₂sbʰós
locative	néh₂s, néh₂si	*?	*n̥h₂sú
instrumental	*n̥h₂séh₁	*?	n̥h₂smís, n̥h₂sbʰís

Derived terms

Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasús
  - East Baltic:
    - Latgalian: nuoss (“nose”)
    - Latvian: nāss (“nostril”)
    - Lithuanian: nósis (“nose”)
    - Samogitian: nuosės (“nose”)
  - Proto-Slavic: *nȍsъ (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Slavic: *nozdrà, *nȍzdrь (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasrāˀ^[6]
  - Lithuanian: nasraĩ, nastraĩ (“mouth, snout”); nãsras (“mouth”)
- Proto-Germanic: *nasō^[7] (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

Albanian: *noshë
- >? Albanian: noçë
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nāˀsis^[8]
- Latvian: nāss
- Lithuanian: nósis
- Old Prussian: nozy
Proto-Italic: *nās^[9]
- ⇒ Proto-Italic: *nāzis^[9]
  - Latin: nāris (“nostril”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Italic: *nāssos^[9]
  - Latin: nāsus (“nose”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náHs (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “nás-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 332-3
^ Ringe, D. (2017) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic. 2^nd ed. Oxford: OUP. p.15
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “nas-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 755
^ Kortlandt, F. (1985) “Long vowels in Balto-Slavic”, in Baltistica‎^[1], volume XXI, number 2, →DOI, page 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
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nasō- - *nusō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], 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
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 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) “nāris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “nás-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 332-3

[3] Ringe, D. (2017) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic. 2^nd ed. Oxford: OUP. p.15

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

[5] Kortlandt, F. (1985) “Long vowels in Balto-Slavic”, in Baltistica‎^[1], volume XXI, number 2, →DOI, page 119

[Derksen_nasrai-6] 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-7] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nasō- - *nusō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[Derksen_nosis-8] 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-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 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

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