Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nahtigalā

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 *naht (“night”) +‎ *galā (“singer”), from *galan (“to sing”).

Noun

*nahtigalā f

1. nightingale

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nahtigalā
Genitive	*nahtigalōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nahtigalā	*nahtigalōn
Accusative	*nahtigalōn	*nahtigalōn
Genitive	*nahtigalōn	*nahtigalōnō
Dative	*nahtigalōn	*nahtigalōm, *nahtigalum
Instrumental	*nahtigalōn	*nahtigalōm, *nahtigalum

Alternative reconstructions

• *nahtagalā

Descendants

• Old English: nihtegale f, nihtegala m
  • Middle English: nyghtgale, niȝtegale, nightegale, nightgale
    • English: nightgale (obsolete)
    • Scots: nychtgale
    • ⇒ Middle English: nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, nyhtingale, nyȝtyngale, nightyngale
      • English: nightingale
      • Scots: nichtingale
• Old Frisian: *nachtegāle
  • Saterland Frisian: Noachtegoal
  • West Frisian: geale, geal
• Old Saxon: nahtagala, nahtigala
  • Middle Low German: nachtegale
    • German Low German:

      East Frisian Low Saxon, Westphalian (Dortmundisch, Westmünsterländisch): Nachtigall

      Westphalian:

      Bentheimisch: Nachtigalle

      Westmünsterländisch: Nachtegall

    • Plautdietsch: Nachtigaul
    • → Icelandic: næturgali
    • → Faroese: náttargali
    • → Norwegian: nattergal
    • → Swedish: näktergal
    • → Danish: nattergal
    • → Gutnish: näktagal
• Old Dutch: *nahtagala
  • Middle Dutch: nachtegale, nachtegael
    • Dutch: nachtegaal
      • Afrikaans: nagtegaal
      • → West Frisian: nachtegael, nachtegeal, nachtegeale
• Old High German: nahtigala, nahtagala
  • Middle High German: nahtegal, nahtgal
    • German: Nachtigall
      • → Saterland Frisian: Nachtigal
    • ⇒ Luxembourgish: Nuechtegailchen