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18 Oct 2026, 18:41 by bogdan “Latin la10k: Etymology forms in angle brackets instead of quotes”
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==Etymology==
− It is [[af|la|num|-ce]], the old “num” “now” (kept in “etiamnum”) with the deictic particle “-ce” “here”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The base goes back to [[ine-pro|*nu|t=now]], extended as ⟨*nu-n⟩; the final ⟨-m⟩ of “num” may be a remodelling of ⟨*nun⟩ after [[nam]].^(de Vaan 2008)
+ It is [[af|la|num|-ce]], the old ⟨num⟩ “now” (kept in ⟨etiamnum⟩) with the deictic particle ⟨-ce⟩ “here”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The base goes back to [[ine-pro|*nu|t=now]], extended as ⟨*nu-n⟩; the final ⟨-m⟩ of ⟨num⟩ may be a remodelling of ⟨*nun⟩ after [[nam]].^(de Vaan 2008)
Cognate with [[grc|νῦν|tr=nûn]], [[sa|नूनम्|tr=nūnám]], [[hit|kinun|t=now]], [[got|𐌽𐌿|tr=nu]] and [[en|now]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)