Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nowan

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

**Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers**
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : nowan Ordinal* : *naumetos

*nowan

nine

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *naw
- Old Breton: nau
  - Middle Breton: nau
    - Breton: nav
- Cornish: naw
- Middle Welsh: naw
  - Welsh: naw
Old Irish: noí
- Irish: naoi
- Manx: nuy
- Scottish Gaelic: naoi
>? Gaulish: nau

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