Where does “Nut” come from?
Nut comes from Egyptian nwt, a goddess associated with the sky whose original meaning remains uncertain.
Nut (English): The goddess who serves as the personification of the sky
Definitions
- The goddess who serves as the personification of the sky
Ancestry of “Nut”, step by step
Nut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English note
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | note | note; Alternative form of not |
| 2 | Old English | notu | use; enjoyment; profit, advantage, utility |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | nutō | use, profit, yield |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | newd- | to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to... |
via Egyptian nwt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | nwt | town, city; sky; adze |