Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nahts

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑxts/

Noun

*nahts f

1. night

   Antonym: *dagaz

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *nahts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nahts	*nahtiz
vocative	*naht	*nahtiz
accusative	*nahtų	*nahtunz
genitive	*nahtiz	*nahtǫ̂
dative	*nahti	*nahtumaz
instrumental	*nahtē	*nahtumiz

Derived terms

• *nahtāną
• *ainanahtijaz

Related terms

• *unhtwǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *naht
  • Old English: niht, næht — Anglian, neaht, nieht, neht, nyht (some forms continue inflected *nahti)
    • Middle English: nyght, naht, night, nighte, niȝt, niht, nyghte, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte
      • English: night
      • Geordie English: neet
      • Scots: nicht, neicht
      • Yola: neeght, nieght, nyeght
  • Old Frisian: nacht
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: naacht

      Mooring: nåcht

    • Saterland Frisian: Noacht
    • West Frisian: nacht
  • Old Saxon: naht
    • Middle Low German: nacht
      • Low German:
        • Dutch Low Saxon: nacht
        • German Low German:

          Hamburgisch: Natt

          Westphalian:

          Lippisch: Nacht f

          Paderbornisch: Nacht f

          Ravensbergisch: Nacht

          Sauerländisch: Nacht

          Westmünsterländisch: Nacht, Nach

      • Plautdietsch: Nacht
  • Old Dutch: naht
    • Middle Dutch: nacht
      • Dutch: nacht
        • Afrikaans: nag
        • Negerhollands: nacht, nagt
      • Limburgish: nach
      • West Flemish: nacht
  • Old High German: naht
    • Middle High German: naht
      • Alemannic German:
        • Alsatian: Nàcht
        • Swabian: Nachd
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: nacht

        Mòcheno: nòcht

      • German: Nacht
      • Pennsylvania German: Nacht
      • Hunsrik: Nacht, naacht
      • Luxembourgish: Nuecht, Nuet
      • Vilamovian: nocht, naocht
      • Yiddish: נאַכט (nakht)
• Old Norse: nátt, nǫ́tt, nótt — later form
  • Icelandic: nátt, nótt
  • Faroese: nátt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: natt, nått, nott; (dialectal) nótt, nætt, nat
  • Elfdalian: ną̊t
  • Old Swedish: nāt
    • Swedish: natt
  • Old Danish: nāt
    • Danish: nat
      • Norwegian Bokmål: natt
    • Scanian: nøtt
  • Gutnish: nat
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts)