Where does “nul” come from?

nul (Romansch) comes from Latin nullus, from Proto-Italic ne-oino-los, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nul (Romansch): zero

Definitions

  1. zero

Ancestry of “nul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnullusno one, none, not any; no, not any
2Proto-Italicne-oino-los—
3Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Proto-Italic ne-oino-los →