Where does “noctua” come from?

noctua (Classical Latin) comes from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

Ancestry of “noctua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNoxNight personification
2Proto-Italicnoktsnight
3Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “noctua”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →