Where does “negen” come from?

negen (Dutch Low Saxon) comes from Middle Low German negen, from Old Saxon nigun, from Proto-West Germanic neun, from Proto-Germanic newun, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

negen (Dutch Low Saxon): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “negen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannegen—
2Old Saxonnigunnine
3Proto-West Germanicneunnine
4Proto-Germanicnewunnine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic newun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic neun →