need
English
/niːd/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A requirement for something; something needed.
- Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English need inherited from Old English nīed inherited from Proto-Germanic *naudiz inherited from Old English nēod (desire, earnest, eagerness, longing) inherited from Proto-Germanic *neudaz (desire, urge, wish, longing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *new- (nod, wave, push, incline, move, assent to, tend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*new-
Gloss
nod, wave, push, incline, move, assent to, tend
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nae English
- needed English
- needer English
- needest English
- needeth English
- needful English
- needfully English
- needfulness English
- needihood English
- needily English
- neediness English
- needless English
- needlessly English
- needlessness English
- needling English
- needlingly English
- needly English
- needment English
- needn't English
- neednae English
- needs English
- needs-cost English
- needsly English
- needsome English
- needways English
- needwise English
- needworthy English
- needy English
- needyhood English
- preneed English
- unneeded English
- unneedful English
- unneedy English
- innovāre Latin
- nova Latin
- novitātem Latin
- nuntius Latin
- renovāre Latin
- Atemnot German
- Hungersnot German
- Kindesnot German
- Not German
- Notarzt German
- Notaufnahme German
- Notausgang German
- Notdienst German
- Notfall German
- Notgeld German
- Notlage German
- Notlösung German
- Notruf German
- Notsignal German
- Nottaufe German
- Notwehr German
- Notzeit German
- Seenot German
- Zeitnot German
- notdürftig German
- notgedrungen German
- notgeil German
- notlanden German
- notleidend German
- nottun German
- notwendig German
- nötig German
- вынуждать Russian
- нуждать Russian
- νεανίας Ancient Greek
- νεοχμόω Ancient Greek
- *naut- Proto-Indo-European
- *new- Proto-Indo-European
- *newdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *néweh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- *néwos Proto-Indo-European
- *néwoteh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *néwyos Proto-Indo-European
- nød Norwegian Bokmål
- *naudiz Proto-Germanic
- *neudaz Proto-Germanic
- nöd Swedish
- ニーズ Japanese
- naud Norwegian Nynorsk
- nød Norwegian Nynorsk
- neodful Old English
- neodian Old English
- neodlaþu Old English
- neodlice Old English
- nied Old English
- niedhæs Old English
- niedwracu Old English
- nēod Old English
- nīed Old English
- þreanied Old English
- नव Sanskrit
- नवशिक्षित Sanskrit
- nedes Middle English
- nedy Middle English
- need Middle English
- needeful Middle English
- needely Middle English
- needlees Middle English
- nauð Old Norse
- nauðmaðr Old Norse
- nødvendig Danish
- nauð Icelandic
- नवजीवन Hindi
- नवपाषाण Hindi
- नवशास्त्रीय Hindi
- नौजवान Hindi
- نوروز Persian
- nōt Old High German
- neyð Faroese
- nōt Middle High German
- Foussnout Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Nout Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *nōd Old Dutch
- *nuweti Proto-Celtic
- nôt Middle Low German
- niud Old Saxon
- nod Old Saxon
- nōd Old Saxon
- nōdthurft Old Saxon
- nēd Old Frisian
- 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭫𐭥𐭰 Middle Persian
- nidim Tok Pisin
- Hungersnoot Low German
- Noot Low German
- Watersnoot Low German
- *kórwā Proto-Hellenic
- *ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ Proto-Norse