Ancestors

Written by Yoïn van Spijk on 2025-01-18 at 18:40

Words that are etymologically related don't have to look alike.

For instance, Portuguese 'nenhum' and German 'kein' (both meaning "not any; no") have the same origin.

'Nenhum' comes from Latin 'nec ūnus', 'kein' comes from Proto-Germanic *neh ainaz. These combinations both meant "not even one" and had the same Proto-Indo-European origins.

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Written by 全知全能大先生 on 2025-01-19 at 06:59

@yvanspijk Looks like you ran out of space for modern Italian. Here we are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=-xHSNQi_V4sKAR_T&v=cWc7vYjgnTs&feature=youtu.be

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Written by Yoïn van Spijk on 2025-01-19 at 11:22

@shukugawarablog If 'nessun' were related, I would've added it. :)

As the part -ss- shows, 'nessun' has a different structure and can't stem from the Old Italian forms. Instead it comes from 'ne ipse ūnus' ("not even one at all"), not 'nec ūnus'.

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