nyntene

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: nyntene     Ordinal: nyntenthe, nyntethe

Alternative forms

• nintene, nynetene, nynteen
• nynten, nynteyn (Early Scots); neȝentene (Southern); nenteyn (Catholicon Anglicum)

Etymology

Inherited from Anglian Old English niġontēne (compare West Saxon Old English niġontīene), from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. By surface analysis, nyn +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːnteːn(ə)/

Numeral

nyntene

1. nineteen

Related terms

• nyntenthe
• nyntethe

Descendants

• English: nineteen
• Middle Scots: nyntene, nyntein
  • Scots: nineteen
• Yola: neenteen

References

• “nīntẹ̄n(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 December 2018.