Where does “nokta” come from?

nokta (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nokto, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nokta (Esperanto): nocturnal

Definitions

  1. nocturnal

Ancestry of “nokta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonoktonight
2LatinNoxNight personification
3Proto-Italicnoktsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →