Where does “Watersnoot” come from?

Watersnoot (Low German) comes from Low German Water, from Middle Low German wāter, from Old Saxon watar, from West Germanic watar, from Proto-Germanic watōr, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Watersnoot (Low German): a flood

Definitions

  1. a flood

Ancestry of “Watersnoot”, step by step

Watersnoot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Low German Water

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low GermanWaterwater H₂O
2Middle Low Germanwāterwater
3Old Saxonwatarwater
4West Germanicwatar—
5Proto-Germanicwatōrwater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwódr̥water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

via Low German Noot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low GermanNootneed, imminence
2Middle Low Germannôt—
3Old Saxonnōdneed
4Proto-Germanic*naudi—
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ →