nan-

nan-

1. Rōmaji transcription of なん

• nā-, nō-

From nān.

• IPA^(key): /nɑːn/

nān-

1. (rare) Denotes absence or lack

   nānan (“no one”, literally “none one”)

   nānþing (“nothing”, literally “none thing”)

   nānwiht (“naught, nothing”, literally “none creature”)

• The use of nān- seems to have given way to its reduced form nā-/nō-, which is much more commonly used.

• Middle English: non-, no-, na-
  • English: no- (fossilised in noway, nobody, noman, nowhere, etc.)
  • Scots: na-, nae-
  • ⇒ Middle English: non- (merged with Old French non-)
    • English: non-
    • Scots: non-