Where does “ноктуина” come from?

ноктуина (Russian) comes from Translingual Noctuinae, from Translingual Noctua, from Latin Noctua, from Latin *noctūus, from Latin noctu, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts — bare, naked.

ноктуина (Russian): noctuine

Definitions

  1. noctuine

Ancestry of “ноктуина”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualNoctuinaesubfamily
2TranslingualNoctuagenus moths}}
3LatinNoctuaowl (small)
4Latin*noctūus
5Latinnoctuby night, at night
6LatinNoxNight personification
7Proto-Italicnoktsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
9Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ-
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