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Where does “noit” come from?

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

noit (Old French): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “noit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNox—
2Proto-Italicnokts—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “noit”

  • nuitée
  • nuit
  • niet
  • gniet
  • niétchie
  • ch'tigniet
  • nyit
  • nuyt
  • lannwit
  • nute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →