Where does “nachtval” come from?

nachtval (Dutch) comes from English nightfall, from English night, from Middle English nyght, from Middle English nighte, from Old English nyht, from Proto-West Germanic naht, from Proto-Germanic nahts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts — bare, naked.

nachtval (Dutch): nightfall, sundown

Definitions

  1. nightfall, sundown

Ancestry of “nachtval”, step by step

nachtval traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English nightfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnightfallThe close of the day; the coming of night
2EnglishnightThe period between sunset and sunrise, when a...
3Middle EnglishnyghtAlternative form of nighte; Alternative form of...
4Middle Englishnightenight
5Old EnglishnyhtAlternative form of niht
6Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
7Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
9Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Dutch nacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnachtnight
2Middle Dutchnachtnight
3Old Dutchnahtnight

via Dutch val

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvalA fall; A downfall, demise; A case
2Middle Dutchvalle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ-
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