Where does “nauð” come from?

nauð (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Norse ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

nauð (Old Norse): distress; need, necessity

Definitions

  1. distress; need, necessity

Ancestry of “nauð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norseᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉneed
2Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “nauð”

Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ →