Where does “noodgeval” come from?

noodgeval (Dutch) comes 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.

noodgeval (Dutch): emergency, emergency case

Definitions

  1. emergency, emergency case

Ancestry of “noodgeval”, step by step

noodgeval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch nood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnoodemergency, distress; need
2Middle Dutchnôot—
3Old Dutchnōd—
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

via Dutch geval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgevalcase, situation, instance; thing
2Middle Dutchgevalfate; fortune, luck; event, occurrence
3Middle Dutchgevallento fall; to decay, to collapse; to end, to expire
4Old Dutchgifallan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old Dutch nōd →
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