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

1. 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