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Where does “nødkanal” come from?

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

nødkanal (Norwegian Nynorsk): an emergency channel

Definitions

  1. an emergency channel

Ancestry of “nødkanal”, step by step

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