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nekw-t-
Night (perhaps originally "twilight, twilight of the morning and evening" as opposed to *kwsep‑, "the dark of the night"). Probably from a verbal root *negw‑, to be dark, be night. O-grade form *nokw-t‑.- night; fortnight, from Old English niht, neaht, night;
- Kristallnacht, from Old High German naht, night. Both a and b from Germanic *naht‑.
- nocti-, nocturn, nocturnal, equinox, from Latin nox (stem noct‑), night.
- noctuid, noctule, from Latin noctua, night owl.
- Nix; nyctalopia, nyctinasty, from Greek nux (stem nukt‑), night.
- Perhaps zero-grade form *n̥kw-t‑. actinium, actino-, from Greek aktīs (stem aktīn‑), ray, traditionally taken as from *n̥kw-t‑. This derivation is supported by the Sanskrit cognate aktuḥ, meaning both "ray" and "night,", but has recently contested in favor of a derivation from ak-, "sharp," the rays of the sun originally having been conceived of as a pointed weapon. If the oldest meaning of *nekw-t‑ is "twilight," however, Greek aktīs the traditional derivation from n̥kw-t‑ can be upheld if the Greek word is considered to have originally referred to the rays of the sun seen in the morning and evening twilight.
- Suffixed plain verbal root *negw-ro‑. Negro, niello, nigella, nigrescence, nigrosine; denigrate, film noir, Pinot Noir, from Latin niger, black.
[Pokorny neku̯-(t‑) 762.] |
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