Where does “ну́жа” come from?

ну́жа (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic nuďa, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂ut-, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- — death; the dead, corpse.

Ancestry of “ну́жа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnuďaneed, necessity
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂ut-torment, misfortune
3Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂w-death; the dead, corpse

Words derived from “ну́жа”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂ut- →Every word from Proto-Slavic nuďa →