Where does “niun” come from?

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

niun (Old High German): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “niun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicneunnine
2Proto-Germanicnewunnine
3Proto-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 →