Where does “no” come from?

no (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Icelandic núna, from Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

no (Norwegian Nynorsk): moment; point in time; now; used when finding...

Definitions

  1. moment; point in time; now; used when finding...

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicnúnanow, at the moment, currently
2Old Norsenúnow
3Proto-Germanicnunow
4Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Old Norse nú →