Where does “nīedlīċe” come from?

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

nīedlīċe (Old English): necessarily

Definitions

  1. necessarily

Ancestry of “nīedlīċe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnīedlīcnecessary
2Old Englishnīedneed, compulsion
3Proto-Germanic*naudi—
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “nīedlīċe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old English nīed →