Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/naudi

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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
  2. 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

Descendants

  • Old English: nīed, nȳd, nēd, nēad
    • Middle English: nede
  • Old Frisian: nēd, nād
    • North Frisian: nud
    • Saterland Frisian: Nood
    • West Frisian: need
  • Old Saxon: nōd
    • Middle Low German: nōt
      • Westphalian:
        Sauerländisch: nôd
        Westmünsterländisch: Nood
      • Plautdietsch: Noot
  • Old Dutch: *nōd
  • Old High German: nōt
    • Middle High German: nōt

References

  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