Where does “nun” come from?

nun (Esperanto) comes from German nun, from Middle High German nu, from Old High German nu, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nun (Esperanto): now

Definitions

  1. now

Ancestry of “nun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannunnow, at this moment; now, then; unstressed and...
2Middle High Germannu—
3Old High Germannu—
4Proto-Germanicnunow
5Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nun”

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