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Old High German
Etymology
By influence from uohta (“dawn”), as can be seen in the derived term uohternīn, nuohtarnīn, nuohturnīn, nuehternīn (“abstinent”) from Latin nocturnus, the meaning “nightly” of which is preserved in nohturn.
Adjective
nuohturn
- not having eaten yet, fasting, abstinent
Descendants