köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-West Germanic *naht Old High German naht Middle High German naht German Nacht Inherited from Middle High German naht, from Old High German naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
aile: Butternacht, die Nacht zum Tag machen, Einbruch der Nacht, Gebnacht, gute Nacht, gut' Nacht, gut Nacht, Krampusnacht, Kristallnacht, Nacht und Nebel
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Italic *nokts Latin nox Old French noit Middle French nuyt French nuit Inherited from Middle French nuyt, from Old French noit, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
aile: à la nuit tombante, abri de nuit, astre de la nuit, bleu nuit, boîte de nuit, bonne nuit, bonnet de nuit, chemise de nuit, corbeau de nuit, de nuit
night (the period between sunset and sunrise) · evening (after sunset)
çekim: çoğul noches
zıt: día
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Italic *nokts Latin nox Old Spanish noche Spanish noche Inherited from Old Spanish noche, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
aile: a boca de noche, a buenas noches, a la caída de la noche, alcalde de noche, anoche, anteojo de noche, bella de noche, buenas noches, dama de noche, de la noche a la mañana
night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)
çekim: çoğul но́чи · tamlayan но́чи
eş: ночное время, вечер
köken: PIE word *nókʷts Inherited from Old East Slavic ночь (nočĭ), from Proto-Slavic *noťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Doublet of нощь (noščʹ, “night (archaic)”), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.
aile: заночева́ть, переночева́ть, ночёвка, ночёвщик, ночева́ть, но́чью, полно́чи, на ночь гля́дя, под покро́вом но́чи, поля́рная ночь
köken: Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (aχşam, “night”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah. See Ottoman Turkish آخشام (ahşam) for more.
köken: From Proto-Turkic *kēče (“night, evening”). Cognate to Turkish gece (“night”), geç (“late”), Turkmen gīje (“night”), Yakut киэһэ (kiehe, “evening”), etc.
köken: From Byzantine Greek βραδύ (bradú), from Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”), due to it being the last part of the day and for it seeming to be the longest wait for it to arrive (compare the similar semantic development of Spanish tarde).
köken: From Old Swedish aptan, aftan, afton, from Old Norse aptann, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognates include Norwegian Nynorsk aftan, Norwegian Bokmål aften, Danish aften, Icelandic aftann, English even (evening), Dutch avond and German Abend.
evening (time of day before night) · evening (party or gathering held in the evening)
çekim: çoğul wieczory · tamlayan wieczoru
eş: koniec dnia, wieczorowa pora, wieczornica
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps? Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾sperosder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras Proto-Slavic *vȅčerъ Old Polish wieczór Polish wieczór Inherited from Old Polish wieczór. Doublet of nieszpory.
aile: wieczorny, wieczorowy, jak wieczór długi, od rana do wieczora, pod wieczór, wieczorem, podwieczorek, wieczornica, wieczorynka, wieczór autorski
köken: From Proto-Finnic *ëktago. Related to Estonian õhtu, Votic ohtogo, and possibly also Northern Sami ikte (“yesterday”). Replaced in the standard language in the 19th century with ilta, which was traditionally used in the eastern dialects.
köken: Back-formation from alkonyodik. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. First attested in 1746.
köken: Formation from an earlier adjective is possible, similarly to several similar nouns in -īgō, examples at rōbīgō, with the verb deriving from the noun, as cālīgō (noun) + -ō. A possible reading in Pacuvius suggests earlier verb semantics as “I make dark”, consistent with this construction. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“dark spot”), suggested to be connected to columba (“dove, pigeon”),…
köken: From Old Danish aftæn, from Old Norse aptann, from Proto-Germanic *aftanaz, *aftunaz. Cognate with Swedish afton and Norwegian Nynorsk aftan. The West Germanic forms English even, Dutch avond, and German Abend go back to a different form: *ēbanþs. The relation between the two forms is unclear.