Where does “gniet” come from?

gniet (Norman) comes from Old French noit, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

gniet (Norman): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “gniet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnoitnight
2LatinNoxNight personification
3Proto-Italicnoktsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “gniet”

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