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Albanian
Etymology
From original nëndë but influenced by the -të in 6-8 and 10, further from Proto-Albanian *neunti-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.[1] Compare Old Norse niund, Old High German niun, Latin novem.
Pronunciation
Numeral
nëntë
- nine
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 248