Where does “נודניצע” come from?

נודניצע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נודיען, from Proto-Slavic nuda, from Proto-Indo-European neuti-, from Proto-Indo-European nau- — death, to be exhausted.

Ancestry of “נודניצע”, step by step

נודניצע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish נודיען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנודיעןto bore
2Proto-Slavicnudaneed, necessity
3Proto-Indo-Europeanneuti-need
4Proto-Indo-Europeannau-death, to be exhausted

via Yiddish ניצע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishניצע—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nau- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neuti- →Every word from Proto-Slavic nuda →