Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/naht

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts
    Proto-Germanic *nahts
    Proto-West Germanic *naht

    Inherited from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

    Noun

    *naht f[1]

    1. night

    Inflection

    Consonant stem
    Singular
    Nominative *naht
    Genitive *nahti
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *naht *nahti
    Accusative *nahtu *nahti
    Genitive *nahti *nahtō
    Dative *nahti *nahtum
    Instrumental *nahti *nahtum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*naht”
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