An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/genug

by Friedrich Kluge

genug, adjective, ‘enough, sufficient,’ from the corresponding Middle High German genuoc(g), Old High German ginuog; a common Teutonic adjective with the Modern High German meaning; compare Gothic ganôhs, Anglo-Saxon genôh, English enough, Dutch genoeg, Old Saxon ginôg; a derivative of an Old Teutonic preterite-present Gothic ganah, Old High German ginah, ‘it suffices’; compare Gothic ganaúha, ‘sufficiency,’ Old High German ginuht, Middle High German genuht, ‘sufficiency.’ On Middle High German genuhtsam, Old High German ginuhtsam, ‘abundant, sufficient,’ is based Modern High German genugsam. To the Teutonic root nō̆h (Aryan nū̆k) preserved in these words some refer the Sanscrit root naç, ‘to attain,’ and Latin nancisci.