Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/neun

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newun.

Numeral

**Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers**
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : *neun

*neun

nine

Alternative forms

*nigun (northern)

Descendants

Old English: nigon, nigen, nigan, niogen, nygon
- Middle English: nyne, nine, nin, niȝen, neghen, neyen, nyen, niwon, niȝhenn
  - English: nine
  - Scots: nine, neen, nyn, nyne
  - Yola: neen
Old Frisian: niugun, nigun, niogen
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: njüügen
  Helgoland: neägen
  Mooring and Wiedingharde: nüügen
  Sylt: niigen
- Saterland Frisian: njuugen, njúgen
- West Frisian: njoggen
Old Saxon: nigun, nigon, nigen
- Middle Low German: negen
  - German Low German: negen
  - Plautdietsch: näajen
Old Dutch: nigun
- Middle Dutch: nēgen
  - Dutch: negen
    - Afrikaans: nege
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: negn
    - Jersey Dutch: nêxe
    - Negerhollands: negen, neegen, negon
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: negen
    - → Aukan: neigin
    - → Sranan Tongo: neigi
      - → Saramaccan: neígi, neni
  - Limburgish: nege
  - Zealandic: negen
Old High German: niun
- Middle High German: niun
  - Alemannic German: nüün, nin, nine
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: nòine, noüne (Luserna)
    Mòcheno: nai'n
  - German: neun
  - Luxembourgish: néng
  - Vilamovian: naojn
  - Yiddish: נײַן (nayn)