Where does “Nod” come from?

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

Nod (Hunsrik): need

Definitions

  1. need

Ancestry of “Nod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannōt—
2Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
3Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old High German nōt →