Where does “nunna” come from?

nunna (Swedish) comes from Old Norse nunna, from Medieval Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nunna (Swedish): nun

Definitions

  1. nun

Ancestry of “nunna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenunna—
2Medieval Latinnonnanun
3Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
4Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

Words derived from “nunna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Medieval Latin nonna →