Etymograph

English

prodnose

From the name of a character created by J.

A compound of prod + nose

Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz ‘point, spike, thorn’

Old Norse broddr ‘shaft, spike, thorn’

Middle English brod ‘goad, nail’

Middle English brodden ‘to goad, incite, urge’

English prod

Proto-West Germanic *nosu

Old English nosu

Middle English nose

English nose

The story

Morton, from prod + nose; compare stick one's nose in.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Today it means

noun Synonym of busybody.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prodnose”. 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.

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