Where does “Notbehelf” come from?

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

Notbehelf (German): makeshift, make-do

Definitions

  1. makeshift, make-do

Ancestry of “Notbehelf”, step by step

Notbehelf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German nōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannōtneed, imminence
2Middle High Germannōt—
3Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

via German Behelf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehelfmakeshift; remedy; substitute
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old High German nōt →
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