Where does “nes” come from?

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

nes (Latin): second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Ancestry of “nes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnoto swim; to float; to sail, flow, fly, etc
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 snāōEvery word from Latin no
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