Where does “noo” come from?
noo (Scots) comes from Middle English nu, from Middle English nou, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.
noo (Scots): now; just now, right now
Definitions
- now; just now, right now
Ancestry of “noo”, step by step
noo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English nu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | nu | Alternative spelling of nou |
| 2 | Middle English | nou | now |
| 3 | Old English | nū | now, at present, at this time, immediately, very... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *nū | now |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nu | now |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nū | now |
via Middle English now
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | now | — |