Where does “נוץ” come from?

נוץ (Yiddish) comes from German nütz, from Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

נוץ (Yiddish): use; usefulness

Definitions

  1. use; usefulness

Ancestry of “נוץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannützsingular imperative of nützen; first-person...
2Old High Germannuznut; use
3Proto-West Germanichnutnut
4Proto-Germanichnutsnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “נוץ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →