An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Nase

by Friedrich Kluge

Nase, f., ‘nose,’ from the equiv. MidHG. nase, OHG. nasa, f.; corresponding terms occur in the other Teut. languages, but Goth. *nasa is by chance not recorded. OIc. nǫs, f. (for nasu, nasô); AS. (with gradation o, a) nosu, nasu, E. nose (the form with a in the stem appears in numerous AS. compounds as nœs-), Du. neus. Like other terms for parts of the body, this too is common Aryan (see Fuß, Herz, Ohr, Niere, Zahn, &c.); comp. OInd. nā̆sâ, nas, f.. OSlov. nosŭ, m., Lith. nósis, Lat. nâsus, nâres. See further Nüstern.