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Where does “nū” come from?

nū (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

Ancestry of “nū”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnunow
2Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nū”

  • nu
  • nou
  • nou
  • nu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →