Where does “onte” come from?

onte (Mirandese) comes from Old Portuguese onte, from Latin ad noctem, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

onte (Mirandese): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “onte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseonte—
2Latinad noctemat night
3Latinnoxnight; darkness; a dream
4Proto-Italicnoktsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “onte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →