Where does “no” come from?
no (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic nō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
no (Latvian): from; out of; for
Ancestry of “no”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | nō | on, onto |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |