Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nu

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

• *nū

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with Lithuanian nù (“now, well now”), Lithuanian nūnái (“now, today, nowadays”), Latin num (“now”), Latin nunc (“now, soon, today, nowadays”), Sanskrit नु (nu), नू (nū, “now”), Old Irish no-, Russian ны́не (nýne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Adverb

*nu

1. now

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *nū
  • Old English: nū
    • Middle English: nu, nou
      • Scots: noo, nou
      • English: now
        • Northumbrian: noo
  • Old Frisian: nū
    • Saterland Frisian: nu
    • West Frisian: no
  • Old Saxon: nū
    • Middle Low German: nū
      • Low German: nu
  • Old Dutch: nū
    • Middle Dutch: nu
      • Dutch: nu
      • Limburgish: noe
  • Old High German: nu, nū
    • Middle High German: nu, nū, nun, nūn
      • German: nun, nu
        • Esperanto: nun
• Old Norse: nú, ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)
  • Icelandic: nú, núna
  • Faroese: nú, núgv
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: no; (chiefly dialectal) nå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nå
  • Jamtish: nú
  • Elfdalian: nų
  • Old Swedish: nū
    • Swedish: nu
  • Danish: nu
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nu (Riksmål)
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌿 (nu)