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
Ancestry of “נודניק”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | נודיען | to bore |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | nuda | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | neuti- | need |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nau- | death, to be exhausted |