Where does “need” come from?
need (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic nek, from Proto-Uralic ne.
need (Estonian): these, they
Ancestry of “need”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | nek | — |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | ne | — |
Words derived from “need”