Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nahtas

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

Derived from *naht (“night”) but with the ending taken from *dagas (“during the day”), an adverbial use of the genitive of *dag (“day”).

Adverb

*nahtas

at night

Descendants

Old English: nihtes
- Middle English: nightes
  - English: nights
Old Frisian: nahtes
Old Saxon: nahtes
- Low German: nachts
Old High German: nahtes
- Middle High German: nahtes
  - German: nachts

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