English

NuWho

NuWho comes from English nu ‘new’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of nu ‘new (slang spelling)’ + who

Ancient Greek νῦ ‘nu, the name for the thirteenth letter Ν (N),…’

English nu

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- ‘interrogative root’

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Proto-Germanic *hwaz ‘who’

Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ

Old English hwā ‘who’

Middle English who ‘who’

English who

Every English word from English nu

name A revival of the Doctor Who universe, launched in 2005, after cancellation of the previous series in 1989.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.