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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.

na (Galician): Alternative form of a

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of a

Ancestry of “na”, step by step

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