Where does “nonne” come from?

nonne (Middle Dutch) comes from Medieval Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

Ancestry of “nonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinnonnanun
2Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
3Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

Words derived from “nonne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Medieval Latin nonna →