Where does “foranniht” come from?

foranniht (Old English) comes from Old English niht, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

foranniht (Old English): the early part of the night

Definitions

  1. the early part of the night

Ancestry of “foranniht”, step by step

foranniht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English niht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnihtnight; day
2Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Old English night

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnight—

Words derived from “foranniht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Old English niht →