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Where does “nod” come from?

nod (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

nod (Old Saxon): need

Definitions

  1. need

Ancestry of “nod”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nod”

  • nôt
  • Noot
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