*naudiz

Runic: ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈnɑu̯.ðiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

need
trouble, distress
compulsion, force
name of the rune ᚾ (n)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w-tí-s, a *ti- stem related to the root of *nawiz (‘corpse’). See also Old Norse neyða (‘to force’), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nauþjan).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	naudiz	naudīz
Acc.	naudį	naudinz
Gen.	naudīz	naudijǫ̂
Dat.	naudī	naudimaz
Inst.	naudī	naudimiz
Voc.	naudi	naudīz

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Descendants

*naudi (Proto-West Germanic)
- nōt (Old Dutch)
  - nôot (Middle Dutch)
    - nood (Dutch)
      - nood (Afrikaans)
      - nood (Negerhollands)
      - nodi (Papiamentu)
*naudi (Proto-West Germanic)
- nōt (Old Dutch)
  - nôot (Middle Dutch)
    - nood (Dutch)
      - nowtu (Sranan Tongo)
        
        noútu (Saramaccan)
*naudi (Proto-West Germanic)
- nīed, nȳd, nēd, nēad, nēod (Old English)
  - nede (Middle English)
    - need (English)
    - nede (Scots)
*naudi (Proto-West Germanic)
- nēd, nād (Old Frisian)
  - nud (North Frisian)
  - Nood (Saterland Frisian)
  - need (West Frisian)
*naudi (Proto-West Germanic)
- nōt (Old High German)
  - nōt (Middle High German)
    - Not (German)
    - Nout (Luxembourgish)
    - נויט (noyt) (Yiddish)
*naudi (Proto-West Germanic)
- nōd (Old Saxon)
  - nōt (Middle Low German)
    - Noot (Plautdietsch)
*naudi (Proto-West Germanic)
- nōd (Old Saxon)
  - nōt (Middle Low German)
    - Nood (Low German)
      - ? (Westphalian)
*ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ (*naudiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- nauð, nauðr, neyð (Old Norse)
  - neyð (Faroese)
  - nauð, neyð (Icelandic)
  - naud (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ (*naudiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- nauð, nauðr, neyð (Old Norse)
  - nød (Danish)
    - nød (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - nød (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ (*naudiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- nauð, nauðr, neyð (Old Norse)
  - nø̄þ (Old Swedish)
    - nöd (Swedish)
𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (nauþs) (Gothic)

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