Where does “нъ” come from?

нъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

нъ (Old Church Slavonic): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of “нъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnъbut, however
2Proto-Balto-Slavicnu—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “нъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic nu →Every word from Proto-Slavic nъ →