Where does “noodtoestand” come from?

noodtoestand (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch noodtoestand, 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.

noodtoestand (Afrikaans): state of emergency

Definitions

  1. state of emergency

Ancestry of “noodtoestand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnoodtoestandstate of emergency
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 →