Where does “nunna” come from?

nunna (Old Norse) comes from Medieval Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

Ancestry of “nunna”, step by step

nunna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin nonna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinnonnanun
2Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
3Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

via Late Latin nonna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinnonnanun, tutor

Words derived from “nunna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Medieval Latin nonna →