nyghtgale
Middle English
/ˈnixt(ə)ɡaːl(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Etymology
Inherited from Old English nihtegale inherited from *nahtigalā (nightingale).
Origin
*nahtigalā
Gloss
nightingale
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nihtegala Old English
- nihtegale Old English
- nahtigala Old High German
- *nahtigalā gmw-pro
- *nahtagala Old Dutch
- nachtegale Middle Low German
- nahtagala Old Saxon
- *nahtegale Old Frisian