niun

See also: niuń

Gothic

Romanization

niun

Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽

Old High German

**Old High German cardinal numbers**
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : niun

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *neun (see also Old English niġon, Old Norse níu).

Numeral

niun

nine

Descendants

Middle High German: niun
- Alemannic German: nüün, nin, nine
- Bavarian:
  Cimbrian: nòine, noüne
  
  Mòcheno: nai'n
- German: neun
- Luxembourgish: néng
- Yiddish: נײַן‎ (nayn)

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

niũu, neũu, neun
ningũu, ningun, nengũu, nengun

Etymology

From earlier niũu, from neũu, from Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ni.ˈũ/, /nĩ.ˈũ/

Pronoun

niun m (feminine niũa)

no, none
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 74 (facsimile):
  
  Quẽ ſ(ant)a maria q(ui)ſer defẽder non lle pod'o demo níun mal fazer
  The Devil can do no harm to anyone whom Holy Mary defends.

Descendants

Portuguese: nenhum
Galician: ningún, neñún

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