Where does “Noctuinae” come from?

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

Noctuinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Noctuinae”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Noctuinae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →
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