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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”

  • non
  • none
  • November
  • nobody
  • noon
  • nowhere
  • nonsense
  • na
  • nonprofit
  • nonlinear
  • nonverbal
  • nonexistent
  • nonfiction
  • nonviolent
  • nonhuman
  • nongovernmental
  • nonspecific
  • noonday
  • noncompliance
  • noninvasive
  • nonviolence
  • nontraditional
  • nondescript
  • nonzero
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