Where does “نه” come from?

نه (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Persian نه, from Middle Persian nwk', from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺, from Proto-Iranian Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

نه (Old Anatolian Turkish): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “نه”, step by step

نه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian نه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنهnot; no; nine
2Middle Persiannwk'—
3Old Persian𐎴𐎺nine
4Proto-IranianHnáwa—
5Proto-Indo-IranianHnáwanine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

via Proto-Turkic nē-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicnē-what; interrogative archetype
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnáwa →Every word from Proto-Iranian Hnáwa →