2. nāu- : nəu- : nū-
death; corpse
Reflexes - Pokorny
| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English | nē(o)d, nī(e)d | need, distress, necessity; (name for) N-rune | n.fem | W7 ASD LRC |
| Middle English | ned | need | n | W7 LRC |
| English | Nár | dwarf in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| English | Narvi | dwarf in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| English | narwhal | arctic cetacean | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | need | obligation, necessary duty | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | nudge | to touch/push gently | vb.trans | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | nudnik | boring pest | n | AHD LRC |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian | nēd | need, necessity | n | ASD LRC |
| Old Saxon | nōd | need, necessity | n | ASD LRC |
| Old High German | nōt | need, distress | n | W7 LRC |
| German | Narwal | narwhal | n.masc | LRC |
| German | Not | need, emergency | n.fem | TLL LRC |
| Yiddish | nudnik | boring pest | n | LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Runic | *naudiz | need, necessity; (name for) N-rune | n | LRC |
| Old Norse | Narfi | Narfi (Voluspa dwarf) | prop.n | ICE LRC |
| Old Norse | nauð(r) | harm, distress, poverty | n.fem | LRC |
| Old Norse | náhvalr | narwhal, lit. corpse-whale | n | W7 LRC |
| Old Norse | Nár | Nar (Voluspa dwarf) | prop.n.masc | TPE LRC |
| Old Norse | nár | corpse, body, cadaver, dead man | n.masc | IEW ICE LRC |
| Icelandic | nauð | need, necessity | n | ASD LRC |
| Norwegian | narhval | narwhal | n | W7 LRC |
| Danish | narhval | narwhal | n | W7 LRC |
| Swedish | narval | narwhal | n | W7 LRC |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic | nauþs | need, necessity | n | ASD LRC |
| Balto-Slavic | ||||
| Polish | nuda | boredom | n | AHD LRC |