Where does “Weiberfastnacht” come from?

Weiberfastnacht (German) comes from German Fastnacht, 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.

Weiberfastnacht (German): A holiday celebrated mostly in the Rhineland on...

Definitions

  1. A holiday celebrated mostly in the Rhineland on...

Ancestry of “Weiberfastnacht”, step by step

Weiberfastnacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fastnacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFastnachtcarnival
2Middle High Germanvastnaht—
3Middle High Germannahtnight
4Old High Germannahtnight
5Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
6Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
7Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via German Weiber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWeiberplural of Weib; women
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Germanic nahts →