Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/neun

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newun.

Numeral

Proto-West Germanic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *neun     Ordinal: *neundō

*neun

1. nine

Alternative forms

• *nigun (northern)

Descendants

• Old English: nigon, nigen, nigan, niogen, nygon
  • Middle English: nyn, niȝen, nin, nine, nyen, niwon (Early Middle English), niȝhenn (Ormulum), neghen, neȝen, neyen, neyn, neyne (especially Northern, North Midland)
    • English: nine

      Ottawa Valley: nein

    • Scots: nine, neen, nyn, nyne
    • Yola: neen
• Old Frisian: niugun, nigun, niogen
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: njüügen

    Helgoland: neägen

    Mooring and Wiedingharde: nüügen

    Sylt: niigen

  • Saterland Frisian: njuugen, njúgen
  • West Frisian: njoggen
• Old Saxon: nigun, nigon, nigen
  • Middle Low German: negen
    • Low German: nägen
      • German Low German: negen
    • Plautdietsch: näajen
• Old Dutch: nigun
  • Middle Dutch: nēgen
    • Dutch: negen
      • Afrikaans: nege, neë
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: negn
      • Jersey Dutch: nêxe
      • Negerhollands: negen, neegen, negon
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: negen
      • → Aukan: neigin
      • → Sranan Tongo: neigi
        • → Saramaccan: neígi, neni
    • Limburgish: nege
    • Zealandic: negen
• Old High German: niun
  • Middle High German: niun
    • Alemannic German: nüün, nin, nine
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: nòine, noüne (Luserna)

      Mòcheno: nai'n

    • German: neun
    • Luxembourgish: néng
    • Vilamovian: naojn
    • Yiddish: נײַן (nayn)