Where does “nite” come from?

nite (Middle English) comes from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic hnits, from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- — nit, louse egg.

Ancestry of “nite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhnitunit
2Proto-Germanichnitsnit, louse egg
3Proto-Indo-European*-níd-nit, louse egg

Words derived from “nite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnits →Every word from Old English hnitu →