Where does “normand” come from?

normand (Catalan) comes from French normand, from Old French Normant, from Old Norse norðmaðr, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

normand (Catalan): Norman

Definitions

  1. Norman

Ancestry of “normand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchnormandNorman
2Old FrenchNormantNorman
3Old Norsenorðmaðrman from the North; Norseman
4Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
5Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “normand

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nérEvery word from Proto-Germanic nurþrazEvery word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą