*nutō

Runic: ᚾᚢᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈnu.tɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

use, profit, yield

Etymology

From *nutiz (‘useful’), from *neutaną (‘to enjoy, use, catch’), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (‘to acquire, make use of’). Cognate with Lithuanian nauda (‘benefit, foredeal’), Russian нужда́ (nuždá, ‘need, request’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	nutō	nutôz
Acc.	nutǭ	nutōz
Gen.	nutōz	nutǫ̂
Dat.	nutōi	nutōmaz
Inst.	nutō	nutōmiz
Voc.	nutō	nutôz

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Descendants

*nutu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nota (Old Dutch)
  - nōte, not (Middle Dutch)
*nutu (Proto-West Germanic)
- notu (Old English)
  - note, noote (Middle English)
    - note (English)
    - note, not (Scots)
*nutu (Proto-West Germanic)
- note (Old Frisian)
  - noat, nôt (West Frisian)
*nutu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nuz (Old High German)
  - נוץ (nuts) (Yiddish)
*nutu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nuz (Old High German)
  - nuz, nutz (Middle High German)
    - Nutz, Nutzen (German)
      - Nutsen (Saterland Frisian)
*nutu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nuzza (Old High German)
  - nutze (Middle High German)
*nutu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nota (Old Saxon)
  - nōte (Middle Low German)
*notu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nota (Old Dutch)
  - nōte, not (Middle Dutch)
*notu (Proto-West Germanic)
- notu (Old English)
  - note, noote (Middle English)
    - note (English)
    - note, not (Scots)
*notu (Proto-West Germanic)
- note (Old Frisian)
  - noat, nôt (West Frisian)
*notu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nuz (Old High German)
  - נוץ (nuts) (Yiddish)
*notu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nuz (Old High German)
  - nuz, nutz (Middle High German)
    - Nutz, Nutzen (German)
      - Nutsen (Saterland Frisian)
*notu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nuzza (Old High German)
  - nutze (Middle High German)
*notu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nota (Old Saxon)
  - nōte (Middle Low German)

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