Where does “nowtu” come from?

nowtu (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch nood, from Middle Dutch nôot, from Old Dutch nōd, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

nowtu (Sranan Tongo): emergency

Definitions

  1. emergency

Ancestry of “nowtu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnoodemergency, distress; need
2Middle Dutchnôot—
3Old Dutchnōd—
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →
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