nyne

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

nyne

1. nine
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Prosequebatur delude Athe, nyne, thiine, thiinita, thunetua, thunetria etc.

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nyne     Ordinal: nynthe

Alternative forms

• nine, nin, niȝen, neghen, neyen, nyen, niwon, niȝhenn

Etymology

From inflected forms of Old English nigon, from Proto-West Germanic *nigun, variant of *neun, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːn(ə)/, /ˈneː(ə)n(ə)/
• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈniɣən/

Numeral

nyne

1. nine

Related terms

• nynthe
• nynetene
• nynty

Descendants

• English: nine
• Scots: nine, neen, nyn, nyne
• Yola: neen

Scots

Numeral

nyne

1. Alternative form of nine

References

• “nyn, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.