Where does “nyghtyngale” come from?

nyghtyngale (Middle English) comes from Middle English nyghtgale, from Old English nihtegale, from Proto-West Germanic nahtigalā, from Proto-West Germanic naht, from Proto-Germanic nahts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nyghtyngale (Middle English): nightingale

Definitions

  1. nightingale

Ancestry of “nyghtyngale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnyghtgalenightingale
2Old Englishnihtegalenightingale
3Proto-West Germanicnahtigalānightingale
4Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
5Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
7Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “nyghtyngale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Germanic nahts →
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