Where does “nosa” come from?
nosa (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese nossa, from Vulgar Latin nossa, from Latin nostram, from Latin noster, from Proto-Italic nosteros, from Proto-Indo-European nos, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
nosa (Galician): ours
Ancestry of “nosa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | nossa | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | nossa | — |
| 3 | Latin | nostram | accusative feminine singular of noster |
| 4 | Latin | noster | our, ours |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | nosteros | our |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |