Etymology Explorer › Middle Welsh

Where does “ny” come from?

ny (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic ni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.

Ancestry of “ny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicninot
2Proto-Celticsnīswe
3Proto-Indo-Europeannō̆swe
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