English
nase
Nase comes from German Nase ‘nose’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*néh₂s1‘nose’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*nasō1‘nose’uncertain
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*nasu1‘nose’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050nasa1‘nose’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350nase1‘nose’
- Germanc. 1650–presentNase2‘nose’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885nase2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, German Nase
- 2 Wiktionary, English nase
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1885, Charles Rau, City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution: “[…] “With respect to fishes,” says Professor Rütimeyer, “many…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*néh₂sWiktionary, German Nase‘nose’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*nasōWiktionary, German Nase‘nose’uncertain
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*nasuWiktionary, German Nase‘nose’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050nasaWiktionary, German Nase‘nose’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350naseWiktionary, German Nase‘nose’
- Germanc. 1650–presentNaseWiktionary, English nase‘nose’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885naseWiktionary, English nase. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1885, Charles Rau, City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution: “[…] “With respect to fishes,” says Professor Rütimeyer, “many…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s ‘nose’
through Proto-Germanic *nasō ‘nose’
Today it means
noun Any member of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “nase”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for German Nase. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s / nase