Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/naw

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

Proto-Brythonic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *naw     Ordinal : *nọβ̃ed

*naw

1. nine

Descendants

• Old Breton: nau
  • Middle Breton: nau
    • Breton: nav
• Cornish: naw
• Middle Welsh: naw
  • Welsh: naw