Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ebnanaht

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”).

Noun

*ebnanaht f

1. 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
• Old Frisian: evennacht, ivinnacht
• Old Saxon: *evannaht
  • Middle Low German: ēvennachtich
• Old High German: *ebannaht
  • Middle High German: ëbennaht
    • German: Ebennacht
    • → Slovene: ebehtnik
• →? Old Norse: jafnnætti (“equinox”) (calque)