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Where does “ноужда” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ноужда”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnuďaneed, necessity
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂ut-torment, misfortune
3Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂w-death; the dead, corpse
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