Where does “nødvendig” come from?
nødvendig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German notwendig, from German nōt, from Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.
nødvendig (Norwegian Bokmål): necessary
Ancestry of “nødvendig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | notwendig | necessary; essential; indispensable |
| 2 | German | nōt | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | nōt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | nōt | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *naudi | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | naudiz | need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force |
Words derived from “nødvendig”