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

Variant of *nasu (“nose”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”). The i-stem probably continues an old dual.

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
  • Old Dutch: *nesi
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.