Woodhouse Robert. PIE *(H)nā̆s- or (H)n(e)H(e)s- ‘nose’?

Indogermanische Forschungen. — 2011. — Vol. 116. — 29-41 p.The slender Vedic support for the anlaut laryngeal now usual in reconstructions of the PIE ‘nose’ word is nevertheless found to be adequate. A parallel is developed to settle the disputed Vedic outcome of *HnHV-; this supports an essential feature of the ill-referenced “non-*a” reconstruction by Michiel de Vaan. An inessential feature of this reconstruction due ultimately to Robert Beekes is found to be misattributed by several Leiden Indo-Europeanists to Frederik Kortlandt; it is argued that Kortlandt’s reconstruction should be reinstated as the superior basis for later work. In the process, an example of *HnHC- > Latin nˇaC- is presented.