Needy
wiktionary
From Middle English nedy, nedi(“necessitous”), from Old English nēdiġ, *nīediġ("of need, obligated, compelled"; found in the derivative nīediġnes(“obligation”)), from Proto-Germanic *naudigaz(“of need, forced, compelled”), equivalent to need + -y. Cognate with Scots nedy, neidy(“needy, necessitous, impoverished”), Saterland Frisian niedich(“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”), Saterland Frisian nöödich(“necessary, needful”), West Frisian nedich(“needful, needed”), Dutch nodig(“necessary”), Middle Low German nōdich(“necessary, urgent, by requirement”), German nötig(“necessary, needful”), Danish nødig(“necessary”), Swedish nödig(“necessary”), Icelandic nauðugur(“constrained”).
etymonline
needy (adj.)
c. 1300, neodi, "very poor, indigent," from need (n.) + adjectival suffix -y (2). Similar formation in Dutch noodig, German nothig, Old Norse nauðigr. The sense of "needing or desiring more, not satisfied" is from early 14c. As a noun from early 15c. Related: Needily; neediness.
