Where does “no” come from?
no (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese noo, from Latin nodus, from Proto-Indo-European gned-.
no (Galician): knot; node; gnarl
Ancestry of “no”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | noo | — |
| 2 | Latin | nodus | a knot; a knob; a bond |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gned- | — |