nighte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• night, nyght, nyghte, niȝt, naht, niht, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte

Etymology

From Old English niht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nixt/, [niçt]
• Rhymes: -ixt

Noun

nighte (plural nightes or nighte)

1. night

Related terms

• nihterne
• nyghten
• nyȝtly
• nyȝtschade
• sevenyght

Descendants

• English: night
  • Northumbrian: neet
• Scots: nicht, neicht