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English word need comes from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, Proto-Indo-European *newǝdʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *new-, and later Proto-Germanic *neudaz (Desire, aspiration. Drive, urge, striving.)
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*naudiz (Proto-Germanic)
(Runic alphabet) name of the N-rune (ᚾ). Compulsion, force. Need. Trouble, distress.
*newǝdʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
seeking, need
*new- (Proto-Indo-European)
to incline, tend, move, push, nod, wave, to incline, push, move, nod, wave
nēad (Old English)
nied (Old English)
A need or necessity for something. A situation of distress or lack of something. Constraint, violence, compulsion. Need as an abstract concept, distress. The runic character ᚾ (/n/).
*neudaz (Proto-Germanic)
Desire, aspiration. Drive, urge, striving.
neod (Old English)
Desire, longing; zeal, eagerness, diligence, earnestness, earnest endeavor. Pleasure, delight.
nēod (Old English)
nede (Middle English)
need (English)
(countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.. Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.