Where does “ñu” come from?

ñu (Tocharian B) comes from Proto-Tocharian ñäwä, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

ñu (Tocharian B): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “ñu”, step by step

ñu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tocharian ñäwä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tocharianñäwänine
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

via Proto-Indo-European nū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “ñu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →Every word from Proto-Tocharian ñäwä →