Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

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”

  • nødlanding
  • nød
  • hungersnød
  • nødkanal
  • nødtvungen
  • nødutgang
  • nødrakett
  • nødsignal
  • nødlanding
  • nød
  • hungersnød
  • nødkanal
  • naud
  • nødrakett
  • nødutgang
  • nødsignal
  • naudlanding
  • hungersnaud
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