Where does “Nomeddach” come from?

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

Nomeddach (Plautdietsch): afternoon

Definitions

  1. afternoon

Ancestry of “Nomeddach”, step by step

Nomeddach 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 Meddach

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