Where does “nood” come from?

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

nood (Dutch): emergency, distress; need

Definitions

  1. emergency, distress; need

Ancestry of “nood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchnôot
2Old Dutchnōd
3Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “nood

Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz