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Where does “hungersnød” come from?

hungersnød (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk nød, from Old Norse nauð, from Proto-Norse ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

hungersnød (Norwegian Nynorsk): famine

Definitions

  1. famine

Ancestry of “hungersnød”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsknødneed, necessity; want, poverty; distress, in...
2Old Norsenauðdistress; need, necessity
3Proto-Norseᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉneed
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “hungersnød”

  • hungersnaud
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