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
Ancestry of “hungersnød”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | nød | need, necessity; want, poverty; distress, in... |
| 2 | Old Norse | nauð | distress; need, necessity |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ | need |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | naudiz | need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force |
Words derived from “hungersnød”