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Where does “nu” come from?

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

nu (Old English): now, at present, at this time, immediately, very...

Definitions

  1. now, at present, at this time, immediately, very...

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*nū—
2Proto-Germanicnunow
3Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nu”

  • nowadays
  • noo
  • nowness
  • erenow
  • benow
  • nowish
  • ナウい
  • nou
  • now
  • nu
  • noo
  • nau
  • now
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →