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
- need, necessity; poverty; distress, misery
Ancestry of “Nout”, step by step
Nout traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French notre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | notre | Our |
| 2 | Old French | nostre | our |
| 3 | Latin | noster | our, ours |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nosteros | our |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |