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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Germanic
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”).
Noun
*nutō f
- use, profit, yield
Inflection
Declension of *nutō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*nutō
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*nutôz
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| vocative
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*nutō
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*nutôz
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| accusative
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*nutǭ
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*nutōz
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| genitive
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*nutōz
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*nutǫ̂
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| dative
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*nutōi
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*nutōmaz
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| instrumental
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*nutō
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*nutōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *nutu, *notu
- Old English: notu
- Middle English: note, noote
- Old Frisian: note
- Old Saxon: *nota
- Old Dutch: *nota
- Old High German: nuzza
- Middle High German: nutze
- >? Old High German: nuz m
- Middle High German: nuz, nutz
- German: Nutz, Nutzen
- → Saterland Frisian: Nutsen
- Yiddish: נוץ (nuts)