Etymology of the English word nighthawk
the English word
nighthawkderived from the English word
hawkderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kap-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khabukazderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khuk-derived from the English word
nightderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nokʷt-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nekʷ-t-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*nakht-Usage
Word found in Modern English