Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjanahts

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *midjaz (“middle”) +‎ *nahts (“night”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmið.jɑ.ˌnɑxts/

Noun

*midjanahts f

midnight

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *midjanahts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*midjanahts	*midjanahtiz
vocative	*midjanaht	*midjanahtiz
accusative	*midjanahtų	*midjanahtunz
genitive	*midjanahtiz	*midjanahtǫ̂
dative	*midjanahti	*midjanahtumaz
instrumental	*midjanahtē	*midjanahtumiz

Descendants

Old English: midniht, middeniht, middeneaht, midderneaht, middelniht
- Middle English: midnight, mydnyght
  - English: midnight
Old Frisian: *middnacht
- Saterland Frisian: Midnoacht
Old Saxon: *middinaht
- Middle Low German: middernacht
Old Dutch: *middnaht
- Middle Dutch: *middernacht
  - Dutch: middernacht
Old High German: mittinaht
- Middle High German: mitternaht
  - German: Mitternacht
Old Norse: miðnætti
- Icelandic: miðnætti
- Faroese: midnátt
- Danish: midnat
- Norwegian: midnatt
- Swedish: midnatt