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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | nōd | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *naudi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naudiz | need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force |
Words derived from “nôot”