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nine OE. nigon = OS. nigun, -on (Du. negen) :- *niʒun, var. of Gmc. *niwun (repr. by OHG. niun, G. neun, ON. níu, Goth. niun) :- IE. *(e)newn, repr. by L. novem, Gr. ennéa, OIr. nói(n), OSl. devętī, Lith. devyni, Skr. náva-.
So nineteen OE. nigontȳne = OS. nigentein (Du. negentien), OHG. niunzehan (G. neunzehn), ON. nitján. nineteenth OE. nigontēoða. ninth ME. nizonþe (XII), a new formation superseding OE. nigoða = OS. niguðo, MLG. negede. ninety OE. nigontiġ. ninepins XVI.

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