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

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)