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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ebnanaht
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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 *ebn (“even”) + *naht (“night”), calque of Latin aequinoctium. Compare also Dutch nachtevening (“equinox”).
Inflection
| Consonant stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ebnanaht | |
| Genitive | *ebnanahti | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ebnanaht | *ebnanahti |
| Accusative | *ebnanahtu | *ebnanahti |
| Genitive | *ebnanahti | *ebnanahtō |
| Dative | *ebnanahti | *ebnanahtum |
| Instrumental | *ebnanahti | *ebnanahtum |
Descendants
- Old English: efnniht, efenniht, emnniht, emniht
- Middle English: *even-night
- English: evennight
- Middle English: *even-night
- Old Frisian: evennacht, ivinnacht
- Old Saxon: *evannaht
- Middle Low German: ēvennachtich
- Old High German: *ebannaht
- Middle High German: ëbennaht
- German: Ebennacht
- → Slovene: ebehtnik
- Middle High German: ëbennaht
- →? Old Norse: jafnnætti (“equinox”) (calque)
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