Etymologically
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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nāso-|t=nose]], an o-stem made beside the i-stem [[m|la|nāris|t=nostril]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the stem to [[ine-pro|*Hneh₂-s-|t=nose]], a word often used in the dual for the nostrils; the unrhotacized /s/ is hard to explain and may come from another social layer of the language.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|नासा|tr=nā́sā|t=nose]], [[lt|nósis|t=nose]], [[goh|nasa|t=nose]] and [[ang|nosu|t=nose]].^(de Vaan 2008)
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nāso-|t=nose]], an o-stem made beside the i-stem [[m|la|nāris|t=nostril]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the stem to [[ine-pro|*Hneh₂-s-|t=nose]], a word often used in the dual for the nostrils; the unrhotacized /s/ is hard to explain and may come from another social layer of the language.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|नासा|tr=nā́sā|t=nose]], [[lt|nósis|t=nose]], [[goh|nasa|t=nose]] and [[ang|nasu|t=nose]].^(de Vaan 2008)
==Earliest recorded meaning==