nonne

Danish

/nɔnə/

noun

Definitions

nun member of a religious community of women
nun moth, black-arched moth Lymantria monacha

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse nunna derived from Latin nonna (nun).

Origin

Latin

nonna

Gloss

nun

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*nonnāna Latin
nonna Latin
Nonne German
nonna Italian
nonne Norwegian Bokmål
nunna Swedish
nonne Norwegian Nynorsk
nunne Old English
nunna Old Norse
nonain Old French
none Old French
nonne Middle Dutch
nona Venetian
nona Ladino
nonna Neapolitan