Where does “Fastnacht” come from?

Fastnacht (German) comes from Middle High German vastnaht, from Middle High German naht, from Old High German naht, from Proto-West Germanic naht, from Proto-Germanic nahts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

Fastnacht (German): carnival

Definitions

  1. carnival

Ancestry of “Fastnacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvastnaht—
2Middle High Germannahtnight
3Old High Germannahtnight
4Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
5Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
7Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “Fastnacht”

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