nyghtgale

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === niȝtegale, nightegale, nightgale === Etymology === From Old English nihtegale, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnixt(ə)ɡaːl(ə)/ === Noun === nyghtgale (plural nyghtgales) nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) ==== Descendants ==== English: nightgale (obsolete) Scots: nychtgale ==== References ==== “nighte-gāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.