Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nū

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

*nū[1]

  1. now

Descendants

  • Old English:
  • Old Frisian:
    • Saterland Frisian: nu
    • West Frisian: no
  • Old Saxon:
    • Middle Low German:
      • Low German: nu
  • Old Dutch:
    • Middle Dutch: nu
  • Old High German: nu,

References

  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