Where does “Nachtviole” come from?

Nachtviole (German) comes from German nacht, 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.

Nachtviole (German): Any of various species of flowering plants in the genus Hesperis

Definitions

  1. Any of various species of flowering plants in the genus Hesperis

Ancestry of “Nachtviole”, step by step

Nachtviole traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German nacht

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

via German viole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvioleviolet
2Latinviolaviolet; second-person singular present active...
3LatinvioloI treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “Nachtviole”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →