Where does “ni” come from?

ni (Proto-Brythonic) comes from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.

ni (Proto-Brythonic): not

Definitions

  1. not

Ancestry of “ni”, step by step

ni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic snīs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticsnīswe
2Proto-Indo-Europeannō̆swe

via Proto-Celtic nīs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticnīs—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanne h₁éstiis not

Words derived from “ni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s →Every word from Proto-Celtic snīs →