Where does “nans” come from?

nans (Latin) comes from Latin No, from Proto-Italic snāō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

nans (Latin): swimming; floating; a swimmer

Definitions

  1. swimming; floating; a swimmer

Ancestry of “nans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNoto swim
2Proto-Italicsnāōswim; bathe
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic snāō →Every word from Latin No →