Where does “Pogromnacht” come from?

Pogromnacht (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.

Pogromnacht (German): pogrom night

Definitions

  1. pogrom night

Ancestry of “Pogromnacht”, step by step

Pogromnacht 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 Pogrom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPogrompogrom organized riot against an ethnic or religious minority, especially Jews
2Russianпогро́мpogrom, massacre
3Russianгроми́тьto smash, to sack
4Proto-Slavic*gromitito thunder, to rattle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Germanic nahts →
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