Where does “neun” come from?

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

neun (German): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “neun”, step by step

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

Words derived from “neun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →