Where does “нужда” come from?

нужда (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic ноужда, from Proto-Slavic nuďa, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂ut-, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- — death; the dead, corpse.

нужда (Bulgarian): need; second-person singular aorist indicative of...

Definitions

  1. need; second-person singular aorist indicative of...

Ancestry of “нужда”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicноуждаneed, necessity
2Proto-Slavicnuďaneed, necessity
3Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂ut-torment, misfortune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂w-death; the dead, corpse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂ut- →Every word from Proto-Slavic nuďa →