Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nahts

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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 Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (night).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*nahts f

  1. night
    Antonym: *dagaz

Inflection

Declension of *nahts (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *nahts *nahtiz
vocative *naht *nahtiz
accusative *nahtų *nahtunz
genitive *nahtiz *nahtǫ̂
dative *nahti *nahtumaz
instrumental *nahtē *nahtumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*naht-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381