Where does “nu'na” come from?

nu'na (Mòcheno) comes from Italian nonna, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nu'na (Mòcheno): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “nu'na”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannonnagrandmother, granny
2Latinnonnanun
3Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
4Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Latin nonna →