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Where does “Noot” come from?

Noot (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German nôt, from Old Saxon nōd, from Proto-Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

Noot (German Low German): need, imminence; necessity, poverty; emergency,...

Definitions

  1. need, imminence; necessity, poverty; emergency,...

Ancestry of “Noot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannôt—
2Old Saxonnōdneed
3Proto-Germanic*naudi—
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
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