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Where does “a-nochd” come from?

a-nochd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish innocht, from Proto-Celtic noxs, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

a-nochd (Scottish Gaelic): tonight

Definitions

  1. tonight

Ancestry of “a-nochd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishinnochttonight
2Proto-Celticnoxsnight
3Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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