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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

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

Words derived from “Neunauge”

  • минога
  • minóg
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