Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nahtigalā
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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
Etymology
From *naht (“night”) + *galā (“singer”), from *galan (“to sing”).
Noun
*nahtigalā f[1]
Inflection
| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *nahtigalā | |
| Genitive | *nahtigalōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *nahtigalā | *nahtigalōn |
| Accusative | *nahtigalōn | *nahtigalōn |
| Genitive | *nahtigalōn | *nahtigalōnō |
| Dative | *nahtigalōn | *nahtigalōm, *nahtigalum |
| Instrumental | *nahtigalōn | *nahtigalōm, *nahtigalum |
Alternative reconstructions
- *nahtagalā
Descendants
- Old English: nihtegale f, nihtegala m
- Middle English: nyghtgale, niȝtegale, nightegale, nightgale
- ⇒ Middle English: nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, nyhtingale, nyȝtyngale, nightyngale
- English: nightingale
- Scots: nichtingale
- ⇒ Middle English: nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, nyhtingale, nyȝtyngale, nightyngale
- Middle English: nyghtgale, niȝtegale, nightegale, nightgale
- Old Frisian: *nachtegāle
- Saterland Frisian: Noachtegoal
- West Frisian: geale, geal
- Old Saxon: nahtagala, nahtigala
- Middle Low German: nachtegale
- German Low German:
- East Frisian Low Saxon, Westphalian (Dortmundisch, Westmünsterländisch): Nachtigall
- Westphalian:
- Bentheimisch: Nachtigalle
- Westmünsterländisch: Nachtegall
- Plautdietsch: Nachtigaul
- → Icelandic: næturgali
- → Faroese: náttargali
- → Norwegian: nattergal
- → Swedish: näktergal
- → Danish: nattergal
- → Gutnish: näktagal
- German Low German:
- Middle Low German: nachtegale
- Old Dutch: *nahtagala
- Middle Dutch: nachtegale, nachtegael
- Dutch: nachtegaal, nachtegael, nagtegaal, nagtegael (obsolete)
- Afrikaans: nagtegaal
- → West Frisian: nachtegael, nachtegeal, nachtegeale
- Dutch: nachtegaal, nachtegael, nagtegaal, nagtegael (obsolete)
- Middle Dutch: nachtegale, nachtegael
- Old High German: nahtigala, nahtagala
- Middle High German: nahtegal, nahtgal
- German: Nachtigall
- → Saterland Frisian: Nachtigal
- ⇒ Luxembourgish: Nuechtegailchen
- German: Nachtigall
- Middle High German: nahtegal, nahtgal
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Nachtigall”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “wg. *nahtigalōn”