Where does “Nout” come from?

Nout (Luxembourgish) comes from French notre, from Old French nostre, from Latin noster, from Proto-Italic nosteros, from Proto-Indo-European nos, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Nout (Luxembourgish): need, necessity; poverty; distress, misery

Definitions

  1. need, necessity; poverty; distress, misery

Ancestry of “Nout”, step by step

Nout traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French notre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchnotreOur
2Old Frenchnostreour
3Latinnosterour, ours
4Proto-Italicnosterosour
5Proto-Indo-Europeannos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Romanian nou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannounew
2Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
3Proto-Italicnowosnew
4Proto-Indo-European*néwos

via Dutch nooit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnooitnever
2Middle Dutchnooit

Words derived from “Nout

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European nosEvery word from Proto-Italic nosteros
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