Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjanahts

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *midjaz (“middle”) +‎ *nahts (“night”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmið.jɑ.ˌnɑxts/

Noun

*midjanahts f

1. midnight

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *midjanahts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*midjanahts	*midjanahtiz
vocative	*midjanaht	*midjanahtiz
accusative	*midjanahtų	*midjanahtunz
genitive	*midjanahtiz	*midjanahtǫ̂
dative	*midjanahti	*midjanahtumaz
instrumental	*midjanahtē	*midjanahtumiz

Descendants

• Old English: midniht, middeniht, middeneaht, midderneaht, middelniht
  • Middle English: midnight, mydnyght
    • English: midnight
• Old Frisian: *middnacht
  • Saterland Frisian: Midnoacht
• Old Saxon: *middinaht
  • Middle Low German: middernacht
• Old Dutch: *middnaht
  • Middle Dutch: *middernacht
    • Dutch: middernacht
• Old High German: mittinaht
  • Middle High German: mitternaht
    • German: Mitternacht
• Old Norse: miðnætti
  • Icelandic: miðnætti
  • Faroese: midnátt
  • Danish: midnat
  • Norwegian: midnatt
  • Swedish: midnatt