Where does “noite” come from?

noite (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese noite, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

noite (Galician): night; period of dark, when the sun is below the...

Definitions

  1. night; period of dark, when the sun is below the...

Ancestry of “noite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenoitenight
2LatinNoxNight personification
3Proto-Italicnoktsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “noite”

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