Where does “no” come from?

no (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German nâ, from Old Saxon nāh, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw — near, close.

no (Plautdietsch): towards

Definitions

  1. towards

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannâ—
2Old Saxonnāhnear
3Proto-West Germanic*nāhwnear, close

Words derived from “no”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw →Every word from Old Saxon nāh →Every word from Middle Low German nâ →