Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/newun

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*negun (Ingvaeonic and Istvaeonic)

Etymology

From earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of *tehun (“ten”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈne.wun/

Numeral

cardinal number
9	Previous:	*ahtōu
9	Next:	*tehun

*newun (ordinal *newundô)

nine

Descendants

Old English: nigon, nygon
- Middle English: niȝhenn, nighien, niȝen, neghe, neȝen, neyen, nyen, nyne
  - Scots: nyne, neen
  - English: nine
  - Yola: neene
Old Frisian: nigun, niugun, niogen
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: njüügen
  
  Helgoland: neägen
  
  Mooring and Wiedingharde: nüügen
  
  Sylt: niigen
- Saterland Frisian: njuugen
- West Frisian: njoggen
Old Saxon: nigun
- Middle Low German: negen
  - German Low German: negen
  - Plautdietsch: näajen
Old Dutch: neun, nigun
- Middle Dutch: nēgen
  - Dutch: negen
  - Limburgish: nege
  - Zealandic: negen
Old High German: niun
- Middle High German: niun
  - Alemannic German: nüün, nin, nine
  - German: neun
  - Luxembourgish: néng
  - Yiddish: נײַן‎ (nayn)
Old Norse: níu
- Icelandic: níu
- Faroese: níggju
- Norn: ni
- Norwegian: ni
- Old Swedish: nīo
  - Swedish: nio
- Danish: ni
- Elfdalian: niu
- Gutnish: nei, neie, näiu, neiå
Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun)

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