Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nahtmarā

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 +‎ *marā.

Noun

*nahtmarā f

1. nightmare

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nahtmarā
Genitive	*nahtmarōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nahtmarā	*nahtmarōn
Accusative	*nahtmarōn	*nahtmarōn
Genitive	*nahtmarōn	*nahtmarōnō
Dative	*nahtmarōn	*nahtmarōm, *nahtmarum
Instrumental	*nahtmarōn	*nahtmarōm, *nahtmarum

Descendants

• Old English: *nihtmare
  • Middle English: night-mare, nytmare, niȝt-mare, niȝthe-mare
    • English: nightmare
    • Scots: nichtmare, nichtmeer
• Old Frisian: *nachtmare
  • West Frisian: nachtmerje
• Old Saxon: *nahtmara
  • Middle Low German: nachtmār
• Old Dutch: *nahtmara
  • Middle Dutch: nachtmāre, nachtmērië, nachtmēre
    • Dutch: nachtmare, nachtmerrie
• Old High German: *nahtmara
  • Middle High German: nahtmare
    • German: Nachtmahr