Where does “nôot” come from?

nôot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nōd, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

Ancestry of “nôot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnōd—
2Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
3Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “nôot”

Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old Dutch nōd →
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