Where does “Weihnachtsgeld” come from?

Weihnachtsgeld (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.

Weihnachtsgeld (German): Christmas bonus an additional payment made to employees by their employer before Christmas

Definitions

  1. Christmas bonus an additional payment made to employees by their employer before Christmas

Ancestry of “Weihnachtsgeld”, step by step

Weihnachtsgeld 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 geld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangeldmoney
2Middle High Germangelt—
3Old High Germangeltpayment, money
4Proto-West Germanicgeldmoney
5Proto-GermanicgeldąThat which is paid out; reward, gift, money
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeldʰ-to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Germanic nahts →
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