Where does “noôd” come from?

noôd (Zealandic) comes from Middle Dutch nôot, from Old Dutch nōd, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.

noôd (Zealandic): need

Definitions

  1. need

Ancestry of “noôd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchnôot—
2Old Dutchnōd—
3Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
4Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Germanic naudiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naudi →Every word from Old Dutch nōd →
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