Where does “nīed” come from?

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

nīed (Old English): need, compulsion

Definitions

  1. need, compulsion

Ancestry of “nīed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*naudi—
2Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “nīed”

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