Where does “nu” come from?

nu (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish nū, from Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nu (Swedish): now, at this moment

Definitions

  1. now, at this moment

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishnū—
2Old Norsenúnow
3Proto-Germanicnunow
4Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “nu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Old Norse nú →