Where does “nōt” come from?

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

nōt (Old High German): control (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion

Definitions

  1. control (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion

Ancestry of “nōt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nōt”

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