Where does “nő” come from?

nő (Hungarian) comes from Japanese 能, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

nő (Hungarian): woman; female partner or lover, mistress,...

Definitions

  1. woman; female partner or lover, mistress,...

Ancestry of “nő”, step by step

nő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 能

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese能Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama;...
2Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Proto-Uralic niŋä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicniŋäwoman

Words derived from “nő”

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