Where does “no” come from?

no (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

no (West Frisian): now; eh, isn't it, true

Definitions

  1. now; eh, isn't it, true

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiannū—
2Proto-West Germanic*nūnow
3Proto-Germanicnunow
4Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow

Words derived from “no”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *nū →