noen
Norwegian
/nuː.en/
pronoun
Definitions
- somebody, someone; anybody, anyone
- some, any
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse nǫkkurr.
Origin
Old Norse
nǫkkurr
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- noe Norwegian Bokmål
- *ne Proto-Germanic
- någon Swedish
- nǫkkurr Old Norse
- nokkur Icelandic
- nakar Faroese
- naghan Old Swedish
- nokor Old Swedish
- nægen Westrobothnian
- nokær Old Danish
- ne wait ek hwarjar Proto-Norse
- ne-wait-ek-hwarjaʀ Proto-Norse
- ᚾᛖ᛬ᚹᚨᛇᛏ᛬ᛖᚲ᛬ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛦ Proto-Norse