Where does “ningunha” come from?

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

ningunha (Galician): not any; not one

Definitions

  1. not any; not one

Ancestry of “ningunha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseninhũa—
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 →