Where does “نوي” come from?

نوي (Pashto) comes from Proto-Iranian *Hnawatí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnawatí, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

نوي (Pashto): ninety

Definitions

  1. ninety

Ancestry of “نوي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*Hnawatí—
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hnawatíninety
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥dḱomtninety
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥dḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnawatí →