Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “nū”

55 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European nū — including now, nowadays, noo, nowness, erenow, benow, nowish, nu.

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English (9)

Danish (4)

Icelandic (3)

Faroese (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle English (3)

Dutch (2)

Latin (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Elfdalian (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Old English (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Proto-Slavic (2)

Swedish (1)

Albanian (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Gothic (1)

Japanese (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Norse (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

German (1)

Old Saxon (1)