Etymology

dovera

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Today it means: nine in Cumbrian sheep counting Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *naw
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  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*naw“nine”
  2. English todaydovera

From Cumbric numerals, from an assumed Proto-Brythonic *naw (“nine”). For the initial consonant compare Lithuanian devyni and Proto-Slavic *devętь (“nine”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.