Where does “” come from?

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

(Old Norse): now

Definitions

  1. now

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic nu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnunow
2Proto-Indo-Europeannow

via Germanic *nu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*nu
2Indo-European*nu

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Germanic nu