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Where does “nun” come from?

nun (German) comes from Middle High German nu, from Old High German nu, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nun (German): now, at this moment; now, then; unstressed and...

Definitions

  1. now, at this moment; now, then; unstressed and...

Ancestry of “nun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannu—
2Old High Germannu—
3Proto-Germanicnunow
4Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nun”

  • Nu
  • na
  • nu
  • nuneco
  • nune
  • nun
  • nuna
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