Wordwyrt

new

/ˈnuː/NOO
/ˈnu/NOO

Meaningnew

Common meaning: not existing before

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructedbase NU‘of pronominal origin’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 185, p. 736 · scan
  2. Old Englishniwe‘the pit of the belly’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishnewesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsthe pit of the belly → not existing beforenew‘not existing before’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English niwe ‘new’.

Roots

  • niwe Old English “new”

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