Where does “nú” come from?

nú (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nú (Icelandic): now

Definitions

  1. now

Ancestry of “nú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenúnow
2Proto-Germanicnunow
3Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nú”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Old Norse nú →