nigon

English

Alternative forms

  • negon, negyn, nygon

Noun

nigon (plural nigons)

  1. (obsolete) Niggard, miser. [14th-17th c.]

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Old Frisian nigun (West Frisian njoggen), Old Saxon nigun (Dutch negen), together representing a variant of the original Germanic (with /ɡ/ for /w/), seen in Old High German niun (German neun),Old Norse níu (Swedish nio), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun). The PIE source also led to Latin novem, Albanian nëntë, Old Irish noí (Irish naoi), Proto-Slavic *devętь (Russian девять (devjatʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnijon/

Numeral

niġon

  1. (cardinal) nine

Descendants

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɪɡɔn/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈniːɡɔn/, /ˈnɪɡɔn/

Adverb

nigon

  1. Nasal mutation of digon (“enough”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
digon ddigon nigon unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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