The story
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*nahtskadō“nightshade”
- Old English · inherited fromnihtsċada
- Middle English · inherited fromnyȝtschade
- English todaynightshade
From Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtskadō (“nightshade”), corresponding to night + shade. Compare Dutch nachtschade (“nightshade”), German Nachtschatten (“nightshade”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.