nyghtgale

Middle English

Alternative forms

niȝtegale, nightegale, nightgale

Etymology

From Old English nihtegale, from Proto-Germanic *nahtigalǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnixt(ə)ɡaːl(ə)/

Noun

nyghtgale (plural nyghtgales)

nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Descendants

English: nightgale (obsolete)
Scots: nychtgale

References

“nighte-gāle (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.

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