neus
Afrikaans
/nɪøs/
noun
Definitions
- nose
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish neus (nose) inherited from Middle Dutch nose inherited from Old Dutch *nosa inherited from Proto-Germanic *nusō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nas- (nose).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nas-
Gloss
nose
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bloedneus Dutch, Flemish
- breedneusaap Dutch, Flemish
- dompneus Dutch, Flemish
- gladneus Dutch, Flemish
- hoefijzerneus Dutch, Flemish
- loopneus Dutch, Flemish
- neus Dutch, Flemish
- neusaap Dutch, Flemish
- neusbeen Dutch, Flemish
- neusbeer Dutch, Flemish
- neusgang Dutch, Flemish
- neusgat Dutch, Flemish
- neushoorn Dutch, Flemish
- neusklank Dutch, Flemish
- neuspeuteren Dutch, Flemish
- neuzen Dutch, Flemish
- schoenneus Dutch, Flemish
- smalneusaap Dutch, Flemish
- snotneus Dutch, Flemish
- stompneusaap Dutch, Flemish
- wijsneus Dutch, Flemish
- zwamneus Dutch, Flemish
- *nas- Proto-Indo-European
- *néh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *nās- Proto-Indo-European
- *nusō Proto-Germanic
- nosu Old English
- gai Old French
- nose Middle Dutch
- *nosa Old Dutch
- nose Old Frisian