Where does “נײַנטל” come from?

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

נײַנטל (Yiddish): ninth

Definitions

  1. ninth

Ancestry of “נײַנטל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנײַנטninth
2Middle High Germanniunte—
3Old High Germanniunto—
4Proto-West Germanicneundōninth
5Proto-Germanicnewundôninth
Every word from Proto-Germanic newundô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic neundō →Every word from Old High German niunto →