Where does “nokto” come from?

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

nokto (Esperanto): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “nokto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNoxNight personification
2Proto-Italicnoktsnight
3Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “nokto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →