Proto-Indo-European

*h₁néwn̥

‘nine’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, most familiar first.

• nine ← nyn ← nigon ← *nigun ← *neun
• noon ← noen ← nōn ← nōna ← nōnus
• ninth ← nynthe ← niġoþa ← *nigunþō ← *newundô
• nones ← nōnus ← *nowenos ← *h₁newn̥(n)ós
• ninefold ← *nynefold ← niġonfeald ← nigon ← *nigun
• nonet ← nonetto ← nono ← nōnus ← *nowenos
• nonane ← nōnus ← *nowenos ← *h₁newn̥(n)ós
• nonary ← nōnārius ← nōnus ← *nowenos ← *h₁newn̥(n)ós
• dovera ← *naw ← *nowan
• enneatical ← ἐννέα ← *ennéwə
• nonic ← nōnus ← *nowenos ← *h₁newn̥(n)ós
• nonage ← nonagium ← nōnus ← *nowenos ← *h₁newn̥(n)ós

More words from *h₁néwn̥

• noncuple
• nonant

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥