Where does “neägen” come from?
neägen (North Frisian) comes from Low German negen, from Middle Low German negen, from Old Saxon nigun, from Proto-West Germanic neun, from Proto-Germanic newun, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.
neägen (North Frisian): nine
Ancestry of “neägen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Low German | negen | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | negen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | nigun | nine |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | neun | nine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | newun | nine |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |