Where does “nwaj” come from?
nwaj (Haitian Creole) comes from French nuage, from French nue, from Middle French nue, from Old French nue, from Vulgar Latin nuba, from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- — to cover.
nwaj (Haitian Creole): cloud
Ancestry of “nwaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | nuage | cloud; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | French | nue | feminine singular of nu; cloud |
| 3 | Middle French | nue | — |
| 4 | Old French | nue | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | nuba | — |
| 6 | Latin | nūbēs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)newdʰ- | to cover |