Nostril
The first syllable descends from the word for 'nose' (not too surprisingly), and then the second syllable comes from Old English þril (the þ character, which came ultimately from the Norse runic alphabet, had a th sound), meaning 'hole'. Hence, 'nose hole'. Eminently sensible!
Wilderness
This comes from wild (then just as now) plus deor, meaning 'animal' (cognate with the German Thier, for anyone who knows German). Hence 'wild-animal-place'.
The word deor originally meant 'animal' and then became specialized to mean only one kind of animal. We see this "specialization" also with some other words like the word for meat, which originally meant 'food' (think of the phrase "meat and drink").
Neighbor
This is from Old English words nehe meaning 'near' and burg or burgh meaning something like 'house', 'castle', 'fortress' (if you know German, think of the hymn Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God). Thus, your neighbor is the near house (or castle).
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