Where does “nōd” come from?

nōd (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

Ancestry of “nōd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
2Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “nōd”

Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →