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-
• *nás-

Noun

*néh₂s f

1. 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

• *néh₂s-eh₂
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náHsaH (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasús
    • East Baltic:
      • Latvian: nāss (“nostril”)
      • Lithuanian: nósis (“nose”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *nȍsъ (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Slavic: *nozdrà, *nȍzdrь (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasrāˀ
    • Lithuanian: nasraĩ, nastraĩ (“mouth, snout”); nãsras (“mouth”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *nasō (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
  • Latvian: nāss
  • Lithuanian: nósis
  • Old Prussian: nozy
• Proto-Italic: *nās
  • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *nāzis
    • Latin: nāris (“nostril”) (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *nāssos
    • Latin: nāsus (“nose”) (see there for further descendants)
• Indo-Iranian
  • Indo-Aryan
    • Sanskrit: नस् (nás, nā́s, “nose”)