Where does “nu” come from?

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

nu (Middle Dutch): now, currently; today; here

Definitions

  1. now, currently; today; here

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nu”

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