Where does “ny” come from?

ny (Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic ni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.

ny (Cornish): not; we; us

Definitions

  1. not; we; us

Ancestry of “ny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicninot
2Proto-Celticsnīswe
3Proto-Indo-Europeannō̆swe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s →Every word from Proto-Celtic snīs →Every word from Proto-Brythonic ni →