Where does “nauðr” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nauðr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nauðr

Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz