Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/néh₂s

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Noun

    *néh₂s f[1]

    1. nose

    Inflection

    Athematic, hysterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *néh₂s
    genitive *n̥h₂sés
    singular dual plural
    nominative *néh₂s *néh₂sh₁(e) *néh₂ses
    vocative *néh₂s *néh₂sh₁(e) *néh₂ses
    accusative *néh₂sm̥ *néh₂sh₁(e) *néh₂sm̥s
    genitive *n̥h₂sés *? *n̥h₂sóHom
    ablative *n̥h₂sés *? *n̥h₂smós, *n̥h₂sbʰós
    dative *n̥h₂séy *? *n̥h₂smós, *n̥h₂sbʰós
    locative *néh₂s, *néh₂si *? *n̥h₂sú
    instrumental *n̥h₂séh₁ *? *n̥h₂smís, *n̥h₂sbʰís

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasús (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *nozdrà (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nasrāˀ[9]
      • Lithuanian: nasrai̇̃ (mouth, snout), nastrai̇̃; nãsras (mouth)
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *nasją (cape, headland, foothill) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *nasō (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *nustrō (influenced by *nusō?)

    Descendants

    • Albanian: *noshë
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nāˀsis[10]
    • Proto-Italic: *nās[11]
      • Proto-Italic: *nāzis[11]
        • Latin: nāris (nostril) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic: *nāssos[11]
        • Latin: nāsus (nose) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náHs (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Kortlandt, F. (1985), “Long vowels in Balto-Slavic”, in Baltistica[1], volume XXI, number 2, →DOI, page 119
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nāris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400
    3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “nás-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 332-3
    4. ^ Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018), “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2244
    5. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13
    6. ^ Byrd, Andrew Miles (2015), The Indo-European Syllable (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 15), Leiden: Brill, page 44
    7. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174
    8. ^ Griepentrog, Wolfgang (1995), Die Wurzelnomina des Germanischen und ihre Vorgeschichte (in German), volume 82, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 350
    9. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “nasrai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-330
    10. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “nosis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
    11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nāris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

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