Where does “nopticoasă” come from?

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

nopticoasă (Romanian): dame's rocket, dame's violet

Definitions

  1. dame's rocket, dame's violet

Ancestry of “nopticoasă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannoaptenight
2LatinNoxNight personification
3Proto-Italicnoktsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →