Where does “nu” come from?

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

nu (Middle English): Alternative spelling of nou

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of nou

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnounow
2Old Englishnūnow, at present, at this time, immediately, very...
3Proto-West Germanic*nūnow
4Proto-Germanicnunow
5Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nu”

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