nostrilyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[nostril 词源字典]
nostril: [OE] Etymologically, a nostril is a ‘nosehole’. Its Old English ancestor was nosthyrl, a compound formed from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. This was a derivative of thurh ‘through’, and still survives as thirl, a dialectal word for ‘hole’.
=> nose, thrill, through[nostril etymology, nostril origin, 英语词源]
nostril (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
Old English nosþyrl, nosðirl, literally "the hole of the nose," from nosu "nose" (see nose (n.)) + þyrel "hole" (see thrill (v.)).