nuk
FromProto-Albanian*ne uka(“not one”), fromProto-Indo-European*óynos(“one”). Cognates includeLatinunicus,Gothic𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰(ainaha),Old High Germaneinac,Old Church Slavonicинокъ(inokŭ,“alone, only, single, sole”). Alternatively, Orel proposes*nuka, composed of*nu (<Proto-Indo-European*ne, colored under the influence of the following labiovelar) and*ka (<Proto-Indo-European*kʷo- (*-kʷe), a pronomial stem); thus cognate toLatinneque(“and not”),Sanskritनच(naca,“and not”),Gothic𐌽𐌹𐌷(nih,“and not”),Old Irishnach(“and not”).[1]
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Related to archaicnucke(“cunning, craft”), ultimately from the root ofneuken(“to be annoying to”). See alsoIcelandichnykkja(“to jerk”).
nuk f (pluralnukken,diminutivenukje n)