Where does “נול” come from?

נול (Yiddish) comes from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

נול (Yiddish): zero cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing

Definitions

  1. zero cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing

Ancestry of “נול”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
2Latinnūllano
3Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
4Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →