eldertongue

Old English · numeral

hundnigontig

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/xundˈni.ɡon.tij/
[hundˈni.ɣon.tij]
Syllables
xund · ˈni · ɡon · tij (4 syllables)
Modern English
ninety

Meaning

  1. ninety

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hund neun tigiwi. Equivalent to hund (“hundred”) + nigon (“nine”) + -tiġ (“ty”).

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