nakt

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare Lithuanian naktìs, Latvian nakts, Old Prussian nackt, nacktin.[1][2]

Noun

nakt

  1. night
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 40, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      noć [noc] — nakt
      noć [noc] — night

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 77: “nakt ‘naktis, l. noć’ 40.”
  2. “naktìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. nakt s. ‘Nacht’”.
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