Where does “nu” come from?

nu (Mauritian Creole) comes from Mauritian Creole nou, from French nous, from Middle French nous, from Old French nous, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nu (Mauritian Creole): Alternative spelling of nou

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of nou

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mauritian Creolenouwe; us
2FrenchnousThe plural personal pronoun in the first person;...
3Middle Frenchnouswe; ourselves
4Old FrenchnousAlternative form of nos
5Latinnōswe, us
6Proto-Italicnōswe
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
8Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Italic nōs →