Where does “נודניק” come from?

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

נודניק (Yiddish): bore; nag, nudnik

Definitions

  1. bore; nag, nudnik

Ancestry of “נודניק”, step by step

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

Words derived from “נודניק”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nau- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neuti- →Every word from Proto-Slavic nuda →