Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nahtmarā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *naht +‎ *marā.

Noun

*nahtmarā f

nightmare

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nahtmarā
Genitive	*nahtmarōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nahtmarā	*nahtmarōn
Accusative	*nahtmarōn	*nahtmarōn
Genitive	*nahtmarōn	*nahtmarōnō
Dative	*nahtmarōn	nahtmarōm, nahtmarum
Instrumental	*nahtmarōn	nahtmarōm, nahtmarum

Descendants

Old English: *nihtmare
- Middle English: night-mare, nytmare, niȝt-mare, niȝthe-mare
  - English: nightmare
  - Scots: nichtmare, nichtmeer
Old Frisian: *nachtmare
- West Frisian: nachtmerje
Old Saxon: *nahtmara
- Middle Low German: nachtmār
Old Dutch: *nahtmara
- Middle Dutch: nachtmāre, nachtmērië, nachtmēre
  - Dutch: nachtmare, nachtmerrie
    - Afrikaans: nagmerrie
Old High German: *nahtmara
- Middle High German: nahtmare
  - German: Nachtmahr