Where does “Nut” come from?

Nut (East Central German) comes from Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

Nut (East Central German): need, imminence

Definitions

  1. need, imminence

Ancestry of “Nut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannōt—
2Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
3Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “Nut”

Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old High German nōt →