Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/naudi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naudiz.

Noun

*naudi f^[1]

force, compulsion
need, necessity

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*naudi
Genitive	*naudī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*naudi	*naudī
Accusative	*naudi	*naudī
Genitive	*naudī	*naudijō
Dative	*naudī	naudim, naudijum
Instrumental	*naudī	naudim, naudijum

Related terms

*niudi

Descendants

Old English: nīed, nȳd, nēd, nēad
- Middle English: nede
  - English: need
  - Scots: nede
Old Frisian: nēd, nād
- North Frisian: nud
- Saterland Frisian: Nood
- West Frisian: need
Old Saxon: nōd
- Middle Low German: nōt
  - Low German: Nood
    - Westphalian:
      Sauerländisch: nôd
      Westmünsterländisch: Nood
  - Plautdietsch: Noot
Old Dutch: nōt
- Middle Dutch: nôot
  - Dutch: nood
    - Afrikaans: nood
    - Negerhollands: nood
    - → Papiamentu: nodi
    - → Sranan Tongo: nowtu
      - → Saramaccan: noútu
Old High German: nōt
- Middle High German: nōt
  - German: Not
  - Luxembourgish: Nout
  - Yiddish: נויט (noyt)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 246: “PWGmc *naudi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 246: “PWGmc *naudi”

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