Where does “nosu” come from?

nosu (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese nosso, from Vulgar Latin nossus, from Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic nosteros, from Proto-Indo-European nos, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nosu (Fala): First-person plural possessive determiner; our

Definitions

  1. First-person plural possessive determiner; our

Ancestry of “nosu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenosso
2Vulgar Latinnossus
3Latinnostrumof us; partitive genitive of nōs; nominative...
4Proto-Italicnosterosour
5Proto-Indo-Europeannos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European nosEvery word from Proto-Italic nosteros
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