Where does “nou” come from?

nou (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

Ancestry of “nou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnūnow
2Proto-Germanicnunow
3Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nou”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Old Dutch nū →