Where does “Nonne” come from?

Nonne (German) comes from Old English nunne, from Old High German nunna, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

Nonne (German): nun; nun moth

Definitions

  1. nun; nun moth

Ancestry of “Nonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnunnenun; vestal
2Old High Germannunna—
3Latinnonnanun
4Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
5Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

Words derived from “Nonne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Latin nonna →
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