Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nū

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

*nū[1]

now

Descendants

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

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *nū”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *nū”