Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/naht
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *nahts.
Noun[edit]
*naht f[1]
Inflection[edit]
| 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: niht, næht; neaht, nieht, neht, nyht (some forms continue inflected *nahti)
- Old Frisian: nacht
- Old Saxon: naht
- Old Dutch: naht
- Old High German: naht
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*naht”