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.

From Proto-Germanic *newun.

*neun

1. nine

• *nigun (northern)

• 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
  • 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
    • Yiddish: נײַן (nayn)