Where does “gå nöd på” come from?

gå nöd på (Swedish) comes from Swedish gå, from Old Swedish gā, from Old Norse gá, from Old Norse geyja, from Proto-Germanic *gawjaną — to bark.

gå nöd på (Swedish): to be in need

Definitions

  1. to be in need

Ancestry of “gå nöd på”, step by step

gå nöd på traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgo, walk, stroll; go, leave; go; to be given or...
2Old Swedish
3Old Norsebarking; attention; to heed
4Old Norsegeyjato bark
5Proto-Germanic*gawjanąto bark

via Swedish nöd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnöda want, a need, a famine, a trouble
2Old Norsenauðdistress; need, necessity
3Proto-Norseᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉneed
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

via Swedish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishon, on top of; touching from above; on, against,...
Every word from Proto-Germanic *gawjanąEvery word from Old Norse geyjaEvery word from Old Norse
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