Where does “no” come from?

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

no (Latin): to swim; to float; to sail, flow, fly, etc

Definitions

  1. to swim; to float; to sail, flow, fly, etc

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicsnāōswim; bathe
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “no”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic snāō →