Where does “nowt” come from?
nowt (Scots) comes from Old English nāwiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht.
nowt (Scots): naught, nothing
Ancestry of “nowt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | nāwiht | nothing, naught |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *naiwwiht | — |
Words derived from “nowt”