Where does “נײַנט” come from?

נײַנט (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German niunte, from Old High German niunto, from Proto-West Germanic neundō, from Proto-Germanic newundô — ninth.

נײַנט (Yiddish): ninth

Definitions

  1. ninth

Ancestry of “נײַנט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanniunte—
2Old High Germanniunto—
3Proto-West Germanicneundōninth
4Proto-Germanicnewundôninth

Words derived from “נײַנט”

Every word from Proto-Germanic newundô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic neundō →Every word from Old High German niunto →