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]

Noun

efenniht f (nominative plural efenniht)

  1. equinox

Descendants
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