Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “nōt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nōt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nōt”

  • zeitnot
  • цейтнот
  • Atemnot
  • Not
  • Hungersnot
  • Notwendigkeit
  • Notfall
  • Notfallmedizin
  • Zeitnot
  • notwendigerweise
  • lebensnotwendig
  • notwendig
  • nödvändig
  • nödvändighet
  • cajtnot
  • цајтнот
  • unødvendig
  • nødvendig
  • nødvendigvis
  • nødvendighet
  • nødvendig
  • nødvendighed
  • nødvendiggøre
  • nōt
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →