Where does “ni” come from?
ni (French) comes from Middle French ny, from Old French né, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
ni (French): neither; nor
Ancestry of “ni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ny | neither; nor |
| 2 | Old French | né | past participle of naistre; born |
| 3 | Latin | nātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |