Where does “notdürftig” come from?

notdürftig (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.

notdürftig (German): makeshift, jury-rigged

Definitions

  1. makeshift, jury-rigged

Ancestry of “notdürftig”, step by step

notdürftig 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 dürftig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandürftigmeager, scanty, sparse
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old High German nōt →