Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nu

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This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”).[1]

Adverb

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*nu

  1. now
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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *nʉ (with irregular full grade)
    • Middle Welsh: nu
  • Old Irish: nu (archaic adverb), no- (dummy preverb for simple verbs)
  • Gaulish: nu (attested in the Lezoux plate)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294
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