Where does “Nokjast” come from?

Nokjast (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch no, from Middle Low German nâ, from Old Saxon nāh, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw — near, close.

Nokjast (Plautdietsch): wedding reception

Definitions

  1. wedding reception

Ancestry of “Nokjast”, step by step

Nokjast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch no

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschnotowards
2Middle Low Germannâ—
3Old Saxonnāhnear
4Proto-West Germanic*nāhwnear, close

via Plautdietsch Kjast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjastwedding
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw →Every word from Old Saxon nāh →Every word from Middle Low German nâ →