Where does “nødvendighet” come from?
nødvendighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål nødvendig, 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.
nødvendighet (Norwegian Bokmål): a necessity; a must
Definitions
- a necessity; a must
Ancestry of “nødvendighet”, step by step
nødvendighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål nødvendig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nødvendig | necessary |
| 2 | German | notwendig | necessary; essential; indispensable |
| 3 | German | nōt | need, imminence |
| 4 | Middle High German | nōt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | nōt | control (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *naudi | force, compulsion |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | naudiz | need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force |