Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nahts

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 Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑxts/

Noun

*nahts f

night

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

*nahtigalǭ

Related terms

*unhtwǭ

Descendants

Old English: niht, næht, neaht, nieht, neht, nyht
- Middle English: nighte, night, nyght, nyghte, niȝt, naht, niht, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte
  - English: night
  - Scots: nicht, neicht
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:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Nacht
      Sauerländisch: Nacht
      Westmünsterländisch: Nacht, Nach
  - Plautdietsch: Nacht
Old Dutch: naht
- Middle Dutch: nacht
  - Dutch: nacht
    - Afrikaans: nag
  - Limburgish: nach
Old High German: naht
- Middle High German: nacht
  - Alemannic German: ??
    - Alsatian: Nàcht
    - Swabian: Nachd
  - German: Nacht
  - Pennsylvania German: Nacht
  - Hunsrik: Nacht, naacht
  - Luxembourgish: Nuecht, Nuet
  - Vilamovian: nocht, naocht
  - Yiddish: נאַכט‎ (nakht)
Old Norse: nátt, nǫ́tt, nótt
- Icelandic: nótt, nátt
- Faroese: nátt
- Norwegian: natt
- Old Swedish: nāt
  - Swedish: natt
- Old Danish: nāt
  - Danish: nat
- Westrobothnian: nɑtt, nått, nåt, nååt
- Elfdalian: ną̊t
- Gutnish: nat
- Scanian: nøtt
Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts)