Words that come from Proto-Germanic nahts

400 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Germanic nahts — including not, night, nor, midnight, overnight, nightmare, nightly, nightfall.

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English (125)

German (65)

Dutch (23)

Middle English (20)

Swedish (18)

Norwegian Bokmål (17)

Norwegian Nynorsk (16)

Danish (15)

Old English (10)

Yiddish (9)

Icelandic (5)

Afrikaans (5)

Old Norse (5)

Middle High German (4)

Japanese (4)

Old Saxon (4)

Faroese (3)

Gothic (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Korean (3)

Saterland Frisian (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Old Frisian (2)

Old High German (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Hunsrik (2)

Italian (2)

Macedonian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Cimbrian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Cebuano (1)

North Frisian (1)

Scanian (1)

Pijin (1)

Pitcairn-Norfolk (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Finnish (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Danish (1)