Where does “nåd” come from?

nåd (Swedish) comes from Old Norse náð, from Proto-Germanic *nēþō-, from Proto-Indo-European *net-.

nåd (Swedish): grace, an arbitrary act of goodness from a higher...

Definitions

  1. grace, an arbitrary act of goodness from a higher...

Ancestry of “nåd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenáðmercy; peace
2Proto-Germanic*nēþō-—
3Proto-Indo-European*net-—

Words derived from “nåd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *net- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *nēþō- →Every word from Old Norse náð →