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Where does “nocht” come from?

nocht (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic noxtos, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

nocht (Old Irish): naked, bare, uncovered

Definitions

  1. naked, bare, uncovered

Ancestry of “nocht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticnoxtosnaked
2Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “nocht”

  • nochtach
  • nochtachas
  • nochtacht
  • lomnocht
  • nocht
  • nochd
  • ath-nochd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →