Where does “Neunauge” come from?

Neunauge (German) comes from German neun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-West Germanic neun, from Proto-Germanic newun, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

Neunauge (German): lamprey; any of the species of the order...

Definitions

  1. lamprey; any of the species of the order...

Ancestry of “Neunauge”, step by step

Neunauge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German neun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanneunnine
2Old High Germanniunnine
3Proto-West Germanicneunnine
4Proto-Germanicnewunnine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

via German Auge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAugeeye; germ, bud; spot
2Old High Germanougaeye
3Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
4Proto-Germanicaugôeye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “Neunauge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic newun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic neun →