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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English nynthe, an alteration, under the influence of [[nine]], of nithe,^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) [[inh|ang|nigoþa|t=ninth]], nigoða,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from nigon, nine; compare [[seventh]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Klein explains the modern form as made on the analogy of [[fourth]] by adding -th to nine.^(Klein 1966)
+ It is [[inh|enm|nynthe]], an alteration, under the influence of [[nine]], of [[m|enm|nithe]],^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) [[inh|ang|nigoþa|t=ninth]], nigoða,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|ang|nigon]], nine; compare [[seventh]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Klein explains the modern form as made on the analogy of [[fourth]] by adding -th to nine.^(Klein 1966)
==Earliest recorded meaning==