nigon

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English

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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nigon (plural nigons)

  1. (obsolete) Niggard, miser. [14th–17th c.]

Anagrams

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Old English

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Old English numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: nigon
    Ordinal: nigoþa
    Age: nigonwintre
    Multiplier: nigonfeald

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *nigun, an unexplained variant of *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈni.ɡon/, [ˈni.ɣon]

Numeral

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nigon

  1. nine
    Nigon sīðum nigon bēoþ ān and hundeahtatiġ.
    Nine times nine is eighty-one.

Descendants

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nigon

  1. Nasal mutation of digon (enough).

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
digon ddigon nigon unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.