Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/neun

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newun.

Numeral

*neun

nine

Alternative forms

*nigun (northern)

Descendants

Old English: nigon, nygon
- Middle English: niȝhenn, nighien, niȝen, neghe, neȝen, neyen, nyen, nyne
  - Scots: nyne, neen
  - English: nine
  - Yola: neene
Old Frisian: nigun, niugun, niogen
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: njüügen
  Helgoland: neägen
  Mooring and Wiedingharde: nüügen
  Sylt: niigen
- Saterland Frisian: njuugen
- West Frisian: njoggen
Old Saxon: nigun
- Middle Low German: negen
  - German Low German: negen
  - Plautdietsch: näajen
Old Dutch: neun, nigun
- Middle Dutch: nēgen
  - Dutch: negen
  - Limburgish: nege
  - Zealandic: negen
Old High German: niun
- Middle High German: niun
  - Alemannic German: nüün, nin, nine
  - German: neun
  - Luxembourgish: néng
  - Yiddish: נײַן‎ (nayn)