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Indo-European Lexicon

PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes

Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.

Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.

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Pokorny Etymon: nas- 'nose'

Semantic Field: Nose

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	nasu/n(e)osu	n.fem	nose	W7/ASD
Middle English:	nose	n	nose	W7
	noselen	vb	to bring nose toward ground	W7
English:	narc/nark	n	police narcotics agent	AHD
	naris	n	nostril, opening of vertebrate nose/nasal cavity	AHD/W7
	nark	n	stool pigeon, police informer	AHD/W7
	nasal	n	nosepiece of helmet	AHD/W7
	nose	n	part of face bearing nostrils leading to nasal cavity	AHD/W7
	nuzzle	vb	to rub/push against gently (as if) with nose/snout	AHD
	pince-nez	n	eyeglasses clipped to nose by spring	AHD/W7
W-Germanic
Old Frisian:	nose	n	nose	ASD
Dutch:	neus	n	nose	TLL
Old High German:	nasa	n	nose	W7
German:	Nase	n.fem	nose	LRC
N-Germanic
Old Norse:	nōs	n	nose	LRC
Icelandic:	nös	n	nose	ASD
Danish:	naese	n	nose	TLL
Swedish:	näsa	n	nose	TLL
Italic
Latin:	naris	n.fem	nose, nostrils	W7
	nasus	n.masc	nose	W7
Old French:	nasal	adj	of the nose	W7
	nes	n.masc	nose	W7
Middle French:	nasal	adj	of the nose	W7
French:	nez	n.masc	nose	W7
	pince-nez	n.masc	pince-nez, lit. pinch-nose	W7
Baltic
Old Prussian:	nozy	n	nose	LRC
Lithuanian:	nósis	n	nose	LRC
Latvian:	nãsis	n	nose	LRC
Slavic
Old Church Slavonic:	nosŭ	n	nose	LRC
Russian:	nós	n	nose	LRC
Iranian
Avestan:	nāh-	n	nose	LRC
Indic
Vedic:	nāsā	n.du	(two) nostrils	LRC
Sanskrit:	nás	n	nose	LRC
Romani:	nak	n	nose, nark	W7

Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
du	=	dual (number)
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
vb	=	verb

Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):

Code		Citation
AHD	=	Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000)
ASD	=	Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
TLL	=	Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944)
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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