Where does “نه” come from?
نه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish نَه, from Persian نه, from Middle Persian nwk', from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺, from Proto-Iranian Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.
نه (Ottoman Turkish): what; neither; nor
Ancestry of “نه”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | نَه | — |
| 2 | Persian | نه | not; no; nine |
| 3 | Middle Persian | nwk' | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐎴𐎺 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | Hnáwa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hnáwa | nine |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |