nyghtyngale

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === nightingale, niȝtingale, nyhtingale, nyȝtyngale, nightyngale === Etymology === From earlier nyghtgale, niȝtegale; perhaps influenced by nyghten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnixtinɡaːl(ə)/ === Noun === nyghtyngale (plural nyghtyngales) nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) ==== Descendants ==== English: nightingale Scots: nichtingale ==== References ==== “nightin-gāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.