Where does “now” come from?

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

Ancestry of “now”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnūnow, at present, at this time, immediately, very...
2Proto-West Germanic*nūnow
3Proto-Germanicnunow
4Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “now”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *nū →