Where does “ni” come from?

ni (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish nin, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ni (Spanish): neither... nor; nor, or; not even, even

Definitions

  1. neither... nor; nor, or; not even, even

Ancestry of “ni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishnin—
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →