Where does “nainti” come from?

nainti (Tok Pisin) comes from English ninety, from Middle English nynty, from Old English hundniġontiġ, from Proto-Germanic newuntēhundą — ninety.

nainti (Tok Pisin): ninety

Definitions

  1. ninety

Ancestry of “nainti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishninetyThe cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine...
2Middle Englishnyntyninety
3Old Englishhundniġontiġninety
4Proto-Germanicnewuntēhundąninety
Every word from Proto-Germanic newuntēhundą →Every word from Old English hundniġontiġ →Every word from Middle English nynty →