Where does “nò” come from?

nò (Lombard) comes from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

nò (Lombard): no; not

Definitions

  1. no; not

Ancestry of “nò”, step by step

nò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French Nord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchNordnorth
2Middle Frenchnordnorth
3Old Frenchnortnorth
4Old Englishnorþnorth
5Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via Latin nōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōnnot
2Old Latinnoenum—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →