Where does “Weihnachtsabend” come from?

Weihnachtsabend (German) comes from German Weihnacht, from Middle High German wīhenaht, 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.

Weihnachtsabend (German): Christmas Eve

Definitions

  1. Christmas Eve

Ancestry of “Weihnachtsabend”, step by step

Weihnachtsabend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Weihnacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWeihnachtAlternative form of Weihnachten
2Middle High GermanwīhenahtChristmas
3Middle High Germannahtnight
4Old High Germannahtnight
5Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
6Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
7Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via German Abend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbendevening; the time from dusk onwards; The west
2Middle High Germanābent—
3Old High Germanābandevening
4Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
5Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →
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