Where does “noon tijd” come from?
noon tijd (Middle English) comes from Old English nōntīd, from Old English nōn, from Latin nōna, from Latin nōnus, from Latin novenos, from Latin novem, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō — new; to nod, assent to.
Ancestry of “noon tijd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | nōntīd | noontime; noontide |
| 2 | Old English | nōn | noon; the ninth hour; the ninth hour |
| 3 | Latin | nōna | nones canonical hour |
| 4 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 5 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 6 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 7 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |