Where does “ni” come from?
ni (Ligurian) comes from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
ni (Ligurian): nor; neither...nor; either...or
Definitions
- nor; neither...nor; either...or
Ancestry of “ni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 2 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |