Where does “nuer” come from?

nuer (French) comes from French nue, from Middle French nue, from Old French nue, from Vulgar Latin nuba, from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- — to cover.

nuer (French): to match, match up

Definitions

  1. to match, match up

Ancestry of “nuer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnuefeminine singular of nu; cloud
2Middle Frenchnuecloud
3Old Frenchnuecloud
4Vulgar Latinnuba—
5Latinnūbēscloud
6Proto-Indo-European(s)newdʰ-to cover

Words derived from “nuer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- →Every word from Latin nūbēs →Every word from Vulgar Latin nuba →