Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/newuntēhundą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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Particularly: “The first part is clearly *newun, but what's the second part? It looks like *tehun, even though it's not.”

Perhaps a mix of te(hun and hun)dą, the long vowel with unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈne.wunˌtɛː.xun.dɑ̃/

Numeral

cardinal number (tens)
90	Previous:	*ahtōutēhundą
90	Next:	hundą tehuntēhundą

*newuntēhundą

ninety

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: hundnigontig
  - Middle English: nynty, neneti, nenty, neynte, nineti, ninty, nyenty, nynety, nynte, nynti, nyynty, nigenti, nigneti
    - English: ninety
    - Scots: ninety
- Old Saxon: antniguntig
  - Low German: negentig
- Old High German: niunzog
  - German: neunzig
  - Yiddish: נײַנציק (nayntsik)

Descendants

Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (niuntēhund)