Proto-Indo-European
*nókʷts
‘night’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
36 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, most familiar first.
- night ← nighte ← niht ← *nahti ← *naht
- nights ← nightes ← nihtes ← *nahtas ← *naht
- nightly ← nyȝtly ← nihtlīċ ← niht ← *nahti
- noir ← niger ← *negʷ-
- nigger ← nègre ← negro ← niger ← *negʷ-
- nocturnal ← nocturnālis ← nocturnus ← nox
- nox ← *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts
- nocturne ← nocturnus ← nox ← *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts
- nigella ← nigellus ← niger ← *negʷ-
- negroni ← negro ← niger ← *negʷ-
- niello ← nigellus ← niger ← *negʷ-
- equinoctial ← equinoxial ← (circulus) aequinoctiālis ← aequinoctium ← nox
More words from *nókʷts
- neger
- notturno
- aponigricon
- nigrescence
- nighted
- nigrescent
- nigrosine
- nigraniline
- nigrification
- nigritude
- nigrine
- nigrite
- nigeran
- nigritudinous
- noctule
- noctiferous
- noirette
- nyctalopia
- pernoctate
- pernoctation
- perinigricon
- psychopannychism
- trinoctial
- transmisogynoir
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts