Where does “nin” come from?

nin (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese nen, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

nin (Galician): nor; neither; not even

Definitions

  1. nor; neither; not even

Ancestry of “nin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenennot even; nor
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →