Where does “noctule” come from?

noctule (English) comes from Italian nottola, from New Latin noctula, from Latin Noctua, from Latin *noctūus, from Latin noctu, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts — bare, naked.

noctule (English): A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree...

Definitions

  1. A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree...

Ancestry of “noctule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannottolanoctule; little owl; latch
2New Latinnoctula—
3LatinNoctuaowl (small)
4Latin*noctūus—
5Latinnoctuby night, at night
6LatinNoxNight personification
7Proto-Italicnoktsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
9Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →