Where does “nooddruf” come from?

nooddruf (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch nooddruft, from Dutch nood, from Middle Dutch nôot, from Old Dutch nōd, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

nooddruf (Afrikaans): poverty

Definitions

  1. poverty

Ancestry of “nooddruf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnooddruftpoverty
2Dutchnoodemergency, distress; need
3Middle Dutchnôot—
4Old Dutchnōd—
5Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
6Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old Dutch nōd →
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