*nu

Runic: ᚾᚢ Pronunciation: /ˈnu/

adverb

Meanings

now

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) (nu), नू (nū, ‘now’), Old Irish no-, Russian ны́не (nýne).

Descendants

*nū (Proto-West Germanic)
- nū (Old Dutch)
  - nu (Middle Dutch)
    - nou, nu (Dutch)
    - noe, Nuu (Limburgish)
*nū (Proto-West Germanic)
- nū (Old English)
  - nu, nou (Middle English)
    - noo, nou, now (Scots)
    - neow, now, nowe (Yola)
*nū (Proto-West Germanic)
- nū (Old English)
  - nu, nou (Middle English)
    - now (English)
      - ? (Northumbrian)
*nū (Proto-West Germanic)
- nū (Old Frisian)
  - nü (North Frisian)
  - nu (Saterland Frisian)
  - no (West Frisian)
*nū (Proto-West Germanic)
- nu, nū (Old High German)
  - nu, nū, nun, nūn (Middle High German)
    - nun, nu (German)
      - nun (Esperanto)
*nū (Proto-West Germanic)
- nū (Old Saxon)
  - nū (Middle Low German)
    - nu (Low German)
nú (Old Norse)
- nų (Elfdalian)
- nú, núgv (Faroese)
- nú, núna (Icelandic)
- nú (Jamtish)
- nå (Norwegian Bokmål)
- no, nå (Norwegian Nynorsk)
nú (Old Norse)
- nu (Danish)
  - nu (Norwegian Bokmål)
nú (Old Norse)
- nū (Old Swedish)
  - nu (Swedish)
ᚾᚢ (nu) (Old Norse)
- nų (Elfdalian)
- nú, núgv (Faroese)
- nú, núna (Icelandic)
- nú (Jamtish)
- nå (Norwegian Bokmål)
- no, nå (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚾᚢ (nu) (Old Norse)
- nu (Danish)
  - nu (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᚾᚢ (nu) (Old Norse)
- nū (Old Swedish)
  - nu (Swedish)
ᚿᚢ (nu) (Old Norse)
- nų (Elfdalian)
- nú, núgv (Faroese)
- nú, núna (Icelandic)
- nú (Jamtish)
- nå (Norwegian Bokmål)
- no, nå (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚿᚢ (nu) (Old Norse)
- nu (Danish)
  - nu (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᚿᚢ (nu) (Old Norse)
- nū (Old Swedish)
  - nu (Swedish)
𐌽𐌿 (nu) (Gothic)

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