Where does “nu” come from?

nu (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nu (Dutch): now, at the present moment; now, this time; now

Definitions

  1. now, at the present moment; now, this time; now

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

nu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch nu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchnunow, currently; today; here
2Old Dutchnūnow
3Proto-Germanicnunow
4Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

via Ancient Greek νῦ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνῦnu, the name for the thirteenth letter Ν, ν of...
2Phoenician𐤍‬—

Words derived from “nu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Old Dutch nū →
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