Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *nuda, from Proto-Indo-European *neuti- ‎(“need”), from *nau- ‎(“death, to be exhausted”).

Compare Russian ну́дный ‎(núdnyj, “tedious”), Ukrainian ну́дний ‎(núdnyj, “tedious”), Polish nudny ‎(“boring”), Old Church Slavonic ноудити ‎(nuditi) or нѫдити ‎(nǫditi, “to compell”).