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
- moment; point in time; now; used when finding...
Ancestry of “no”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | núna | now, at the moment, currently |
| 2 | Old Norse | nú | now |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | nu | now |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nū | now |