Where does “nha” come from?

nha (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese minha, from Old Portuguese mĩa, from Latin mea, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic meos — my.

nha (Kabuverdianu): you; Mrs, madam; my, mine

Definitions

  1. you; Mrs, madam; my, mine

Ancestry of “nha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseminhaFeminine singular form of possessive meu
2Old Portuguesemĩa—
3Latinmeanominative feminine singular of meus; nominative...
4Latinmeusmy, mine
5Proto-Italicmeosmy
Every word from Proto-Italic meos →Every word from Latin meus →Every word from Latin mea →