Where does “ნინა” come from?
ნინა (Mingrelian) comes from Proto-Kartvelian nen-, from Old Frisian ēn, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
ნინა (Mingrelian): language; speech
Ancestry of “ნინა”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Kartvelian | nen- | — |
| 2 | Old Frisian | ēn | one |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ainaz | one; some |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |