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niht

niht

Old English

Alternative forms

Noun

niht f

  1. night

See also

The eight stunda:

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Old Frisian nacht (West Frisian nacht), Old Saxon naht (Low German nacht), Old High German naht. (German Nacht), Old Norse nátt (Icelandic nótt), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 ‎(nahts); and with Ancient Greek νύξ ‎(núx), Latin nox, Proto-Slavic *noťь (Russian ночь ‎(nočʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niçt/

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