Where does “נײַן” come from?

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

נײַן (Yiddish): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “נײַן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanniun—
2Old High Germanniunnine
3Proto-West Germanicneunnine
4Proto-Germanicnewunnine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic newun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic neun →