Where does “нужда” come from?
нужда (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian нужда, from Church Slavonic ноужда, from Proto-Slavic nuďa, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂ut-, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- — death; the dead, corpse.
нужда (Serbo-Croatian): need; necessity
Ancestry of “нужда”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | нужда | need, want, request; need, indigence |
| 2 | Church Slavonic | ноужда | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | nuďa | need, necessity |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | neh₂ut- | torment, misfortune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | neh₂w- | death; the dead, corpse |