Where does “” come from?

nô (Friulian) comes from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

(Friulian): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōswe, us
2Proto-Italicnōswe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Latin nōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōnnot
2Old Latinnoenum
3Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéyEvery word from Proto-Italic nōs