Where does “niun” come from?

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

Ancestry of “niun”, step by step

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

Words derived from “niun”

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