Where does “nú” come from?

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

nú (Old Norse): now

Definitions

  1. now

Ancestry of “nú”, step by step

nú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic nu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnunow
2Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

via Germanic *nu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*nu—
2Indo-European*nu—

Words derived from “nú”

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