Where does “negen” come from?
negen (German Low German) 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 (German Low German): nine
Ancestry of “negen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | negen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | nigun | nine |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | neun | nine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | newun | nine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |