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Where does “nu” come from?

nu (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nu (Proto-Germanic): now

Definitions

  1. now

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nu”

  • nowadays
  • noo
  • nowness
  • erenow
  • benow
  • nowish
  • ナウい
  • nu
  • nou
  • nu
  • oppnå
  • nå
  • no
  • nu
  • nutid
  • førnutid
  • nudansk
  • nou
  • now
  • nu
  • nu
  • nū
  • 𐌽𐌿
  • nútíð
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