Where does “na” come from?

na (Galician) comes from Galician a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

na (Galician): Alternative form of a

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of a

Ancestry of “na”, step by step

na traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianato, toward; introduces indirect object; used to...
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Galician en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianenin; When preceding a complement of a verb it can...
2Old Portugueseenin
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Galician non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciannonno, not, not at all; no
2Old Portuguesenonno, not
3Latinnōnnot
4Old Latinnoenum
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille