Where does “nu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannu—
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 High German nu →