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.
All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on, corrections may be made and/or more etyma & reflexes may be added.
Pokorny Etymon: nas- 'nose'
Semantic Field(s): Nose
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | nasu, n(e)osu | n.fem | nose | ASD/W7 |
| 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 | |
| West 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 |
| North 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) |
