wihenaht

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • wīnaht, wīhnaht, wīhennaht, winnaht, wīchnahten, wīhenahten, winnahten, wīhenehten

Etymology

Univerbation of diu wīhe naht, literally “the Holy Night”.

Noun

wīhenaht f

  1. Christmas

Declension

Declension of wihenaht (strong feminine ending in a consonant)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein diu wihenaht die wihenähte
genitive einer dër wihenähte, wihenaht dër wihenähte
dative einer dër wihenähte, wihenaht dën wihenähten
accusative eine die wihenaht die wihenähte

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Wiehnachte
  • Bavarian: Weihnåchtn
  • Central Franconian: Weihnachte
  • German: Weihnachten, Weihnacht f
  • Rhine Franconian: Woihnachde
  • Silesian East Central German: Weihnachta
  • Vilamovian: Waeinahta, Wajnaochta

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “wînnahten”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
  • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “wīhenaht”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition
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