Where does “azi noapte” come from?

azi noapte (Romanian) comes from Romanian noapte, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

azi noapte (Romanian): last night

Definitions

  1. last night

Ancestry of “azi noapte”, step by step

azi noapte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian noapte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannoaptenight
2LatinNoxNight personification
3Proto-Italicnoktsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Romanian azi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianazitoday
2Latinhac die—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →