Etymology Explorer
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Where does “nu” come from?
nu (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.
Ancestry of “nu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
nu
now
2
Proto-Indo-European
nū
now
Words derived from “nu”
noodle
noodly
noodler
noodlehead
noodlelike
noodledom
nu
nun
nu
nû
nun
nu
Nu
na
nun ja
nû kirin
nûçe
nuna
nune
nuneco
ĝisnuna
nunakàn
nuneyëweokàn
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