nosu

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɔsu]

Noun

nosu

  1. locative singular of nos

Middle English

Noun

nosu (plural nosan)

  1. Alternative form of nose

Old English

Alternative forms
  • neosu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nusō, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, lengthened-grade of Proto-Indo-European *nas- (“nose”), *néh₂s-.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian nose (West Frisian noas), Middle Dutch nōse (Dutch neus), Old High German nasa (German Nase), Old Norse nǫs (Swedish nos).

Other Indo-European cognates: Latin nāsus, Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā), Old Church Slavonic носъ (nosŭ), Serbo-Croatian nos, Lithuanian nósis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnosu/, [ˈnɔzu]

Noun

nosu f (nominative plural nose or nosa)

  1. nose

Declension
Declension of nosu (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative nosu nosa, nose
accusative nose nosa, nose
genitive nose nosa
dative nose nosum

Descendants
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