Where does “nil” come from?

nil (Romanian) comes from Hungarian nyíl, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

nil (Romanian): sling

Definitions

  1. sling

Ancestry of “nil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyílarrow
2Proto-Uralicńëlearrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Hungarian nyíl →