Where does “noodpakket” come from?

noodpakket (Dutch) comes from Dutch pakket, from Middle French paquet, from Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

noodpakket (Dutch): survival kit

Definitions

  1. survival kit

Ancestry of “noodpakket”, step by step

noodpakket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch pakket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpakketkit, packet
2Middle Frenchpaquet—
3Middle Dutchpac—
4Old Dutchpakko—
5Frankishpakkō—
6Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

via Dutch nood

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