Where does “negen” come from?

negen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon nigun, from Proto-West Germanic neun, from Proto-Germanic newun, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

Ancestry of “negen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “negen”

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