Where does “nudnik” come from?

nudnik (English) comes from Yiddish נודניק, from Yiddish נודיען, from Proto-Slavic nuda, from Proto-Indo-European neuti-, from Proto-Indo-European nau- — death, to be exhausted.

nudnik (English): A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk

Definitions

  1. A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk

Ancestry of “nudnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנודניקbore; nag, nudnik
2Yiddishנודיעןto bore
3Proto-Slavicnudaneed, necessity
4Proto-Indo-Europeanneuti-need
5Proto-Indo-Europeannau-death, to be exhausted

Words derived from “nudnik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nau- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neuti- →Every word from Proto-Slavic nuda →