nötig
adj · /ˈnøːtɪç/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German nœtic, nœtec, nōtic, nōtec, nōdic, from Old High German nōtag (“forced, urgent, needy”), from Proto-West Germanic *naudag (“obligatory, needful”), from Proto-Germanic *naudagaz, equivalent to Not + -ig. Cognate with German Low German nödig, English needy, Swedish nödig.
Translation
- necessary