köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-Germanic *midjanahts Old High German mittinaht Middle High German mitternaht German Mitternacht Inherited from Middle High German mitternaht,…
köken: Inherited from Middle French mynuyt, from Old French mie nuit, from mie, feminine singular of mi (“half, half way”) + nuit (“night”). Equivalent to mi- + nuit. Compare Occitan mièjanuèch, mièjanuèit, Catalan mitjanit, Portuguese meia-noite, Spanish medianoche, Italian mezzanotte, Romanian miazănoapte.
aile: bain de minuit, douze coups de minuit, messe de minuit, soleil de minuit
köken: From Middle Dutch middernacht, variant of middenacht. The form middernacht originated as a dative in expressions like te(r) midder nacht (“at midnight”).
Het feest begon om 20:00 uur en eindigde om middernacht.
Ze wachtte tot middernacht om hem te verrassen met zijn verjaardagscadeau.