Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/naht

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nahts.

Noun

*naht f[1]

night

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*naht	*nahti
Accusative	*nahtu	*nahti
Genitive	*nahti	*nahtō
Dative	*nahti	*nahtum
Instrumental	*nahti	*nahtum

Descendants

Old English: niht, næht, neaht, nieht, neht, nyht
- Middle English: nighte, night, nyght, nyghte, niȝt, naht, niht, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte
  - English: night
    - Northumbrian: neet
  - 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: [Term?]
    - Alsatian: Nàcht
    - Swabian: Nachd
  - German: Nacht
  - Pennsylvania German: Nacht
  - Hunsrik: Nacht, naacht
  - Luxembourgish: Nuecht, Nuet
  - Vilamovian: nocht, naocht
  - Yiddish: נאַכט‎ (nakht)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*naht”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*naht”