Where does “Noach” come from?

Noach (English) comes from Old Frisian nacht, from Proto-West Germanic naht, from Proto-Germanic nahts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

Noach (English): variant of Noah

Definitions

  1. variant of Noah

Ancestry of “Noach”, step by step

Noach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian nacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiannachtnight
2Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
3Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewנֹחַ—

Words derived from “Noach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Germanic nahts →
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