Where does “nu” come from?

nu (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nu (Norwegian Bokmål): a trough

Definitions

  1. a trough

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenúnow
2Proto-Germanicnunow
3Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Old Norse nú →