Where does “ن” come from?

ن (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Arabic ن, from Arabic نِي.

ن (Egyptian Arabic): Forms first-person plural forms of present-tense verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms first-person plural forms of present-tense verbs

Ancestry of “ن”, step by step

ن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicنSuffix marking the short or long energetic mood...
2Arabicنِي—

via Ottoman Turkish نون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishنون—
2Arabicنُونthe letter ن
Every word from Arabic نِي →Every word from Arabic ن →