Where does “âvont” come from?

âvont (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch āvont, from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

âvont (Middle Dutch): evening (starting an hour before sunset, considered the start of a new day)

Definitions

  1. evening (starting an hour before sunset, considered the start of a new day)

Ancestry of “âvont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchāvontevening
2Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
3Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

Words derived from “âvont”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →