Where does “nād” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nād”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nād”

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