Where does “nôt” come from?

nôt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon nōd, from Proto-Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

Ancestry of “nôt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonnōdneed
2Proto-Germanic*naudi—
3Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “nôt”

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