Where does “nū” come from?
nū (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.
Ancestry of “nū”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *nū | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nu | now |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nū | now |