Where does “wīhenaht” come from?

wīhenaht (Middle High German) comes 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.

wīhenaht (Middle High German): Christmas

Definitions

  1. Christmas

Ancestry of “wīhenaht”, step by step

wīhenaht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German naht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannahtnight
2Old High Germannahtnight
3Proto-West Germanicnahtnight
4Proto-Germanicnahtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Middle High German wīch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwīchsacred; holy, consecrated

Words derived from “wīhenaht”

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