Where does “ne” come from?

ne (Northern Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ná, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

ne (Northern Kurdish): not

Definitions

  1. not

Ancestry of “ne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianná—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannáno, not
3Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European né →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ná →Every word from Proto-Iranian ná →