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Where does “נײַנטנס” come from?

נײַנטנס (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.

נײַנטנס (Yiddish): ninthly

Definitions

  1. ninthly

Ancestry of “נײַנטנס”, step by step

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