nas- (*ḫenaḫ-)

    nas- (*ḫenaḫ-)

    English meaning: nose

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Nase”

    Note: (nüs- from the lengthened grade case this conservative stem, originally nom. sg.), originally probably “ nostril “ Root nas- : “nose” derived from a zero grade of Root an(ǝ)-3 (*ḫenaḫ-): “to breathe”

    Material: O.Ind. nas-ǘ, -í, -ṓḥ instr. loc. sg., gen. Du.; nǘ sü nom. Du. “nose” (originally “ nostril “), secondary nǘ sü f. “nose”, nas-táḥ adv. “of the nose”, nasya- “an the Nase situated”, etc., nǘ sikü “ nostril, nose”; Av. nüh-, nü̊ ŋhan- “nose”, ap. nüham acc. sg. (= Lat. nürem) “nose”; Lat. nüris, mostly. pl. -ēs, -ium “ nostril “ (i-stem geworden; acc. sg. pl. still conservative form); nüsum n. (aLat.) and nüs(s)us m. “nose” (expressives ss);

    Note: Lat. (*nüsus) naris f. “the nostrils, nose” reflect common Lat. s > r rhotacism. O.E. nōse f. “ foreland, promontory “, O.S. Nor. nōs ‘snout”, O.Fris. nōsi ds. (*nüs-); ablaut. O.H.G. nasa “nose”, O.N. nǫs f. “ nostril, nose, projecting cliff”, O.E. nasu “nose” (presumably Dual “ both nostrils “); næs- in compound, O.N. nes n., gen. pl. nesja “ foreland, promontory, Landzunge”, M.L.G. nes (-ss-) m. ds., O.E. næss m. ds. (Gmc. *nasja-); O.Pruss. nozy, Lith. nósis f. “nose”, nasraĩ m. pl. “Rachen” (old nãsras “mouth”), O.C.S. nozdri “Nasenlöcher” (from -sr-), поsъ “nose” (Russ. “foreland, promontory”). Maybe zero grade of attribute noun in Alb. (*ḫnasu-táḥ) hunda “nose” [the old laryneal ḫ-] : O.Ind. nas-táḥ adv. “of the nose” : Hittite titita “nose” see Alb. numbers. Also O.Ind. ŕ̥jūnas-

PN (RV .052.02); urūṇ asá - [adj] “with a broad nose” (RV 10.014.12); Also nasy-otá- [adj] “grabbed at the nose” (TS+); pavīnasá - [adj] “with a nose like a felloe” (AV); nasvánt- [adj] “nosed” (AV) Luwian titita (*nini-ta : ntintita ) : Hittite titita “nose” : Av. nüh-, nü̊ ŋhan- “nose” common Anatolian, Albanian attribute nouns with -ta suffix (see Alb. numbers).

    References: WP. II 318, WH. II 143 ff., Trautmann 193 f., Holthausen KZ. 69, 166 f., Specht IE Decl. 75.