Where does “ナイン” come from?

ナイン (Japanese) comes from English nine, from Middle English nyn, from Old English niġon, from Proto-Germanic newun, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

ナイン (Japanese): nine; baseball team; no

Definitions

  1. nine; baseball team; no

Ancestry of “ナイン”, step by step

ナイン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English nine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnineA numerical value equal to 9; the number...
2Middle Englishnynnine
3Old Englishniġonnine
4Proto-Germanicnewunnine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

via German nein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanneinno
2Middle High Germannein—
3Germanni ein—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →