efenniht
Old English
Alternative forms
- emnniht, emniht
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ebnanahts (literally “equal-night”) (a calque of Latin aequinoctium), equivalent to efen- + niht. Cognate with Old Frisian euennacht, Old Norse jafnnætti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈefenˌniht/, [ˈevenniçt]
Descendants
- English: evennight
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