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
- neither... nor; nor, or; not even, even
Ancestry of “ni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | nin | — |
| 2 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 3 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |