Where does “night” come from?

night (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

night (English): The period between sunset and sunrise, when a...

Definitions

  1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when a...

Ancestry of “night”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishnyghtAlternative form of nighte; Alternative form of...
2Middle Englishnightenight
3Old EnglishnyhtAlternative form of niht
4Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
5Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
7Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “night”

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