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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | nū | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nu | now |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nū | now |