Where does “νή” come from?

νή (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁énos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

νή (Ancient Greek): by; 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia

Definitions

  1. by; 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia

Ancestry of “νή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énosthat, that over there, yon
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “νή”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁é →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énos →