Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/newun
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
edit- *negun (Ingvaeonic and Istvaeonic)
Etymology
editFrom earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”),[1] with -t added through influence of *tehun (“ten”).
Pronunciation
editNumeral
edit< 8 | 9 | 10 > |
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Cardinal : *newun Ordinal : *newundô Multiplier : *newunfalþaz | ||
*newun
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *neun
- Proto-Norse: ᚾᛁᚢ (niu)
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun)
- Crimean Gothic: nyne
References
edit- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*newun-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 389-90