Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nasi

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

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

Noun

*nasi m

1. 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, *nassjum
Instrumental	*nasī	*nasim, *nassjum

Descendants

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