Where does “nonne” come from?

nonne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse nunna, from Medieval Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nonne (Norwegian Bokmål): a nun

Definitions

  1. a nun

Ancestry of “nonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenunna—
2Medieval Latinnonnanun
3Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
4Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Medieval Latin nonna →
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