Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nowan

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *nowan     Ordinal : *nowametos

*nowan

1. nine

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *naw
  • Old Breton: nau
    • Middle Breton: nau
      • Breton: nav
  • Cornish: naw
  • Middle Welsh: naw
    • Welsh: naw
• Old Irish: noí
  • Irish: naoi
  • Manx: nuy
  • Scottish Gaelic: naoi
• >? Gaulish: nau