Where does “noapte albă” come from?

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

noapte albă (Romanian): white night, a sleepless night

Definitions

  1. white night, a sleepless night

Ancestry of “noapte albă”, step by step

noapte albă 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 alb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianalbwhite; clean, pure, immaculate; the color white
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →