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Where does “Danmark-Norge” come from?

Danmark-Norge (Danish) comes from Danish Norge, from Old Norse Noregr, from Old Norse Norvegr, from Old Norse Norðvegr, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.

Ancestry of “Danmark-Norge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishNorgeNorway
2Old NorseNoregrNorway
3Old NorseNorvegrnorth way
4Old NorseNorðvegr—
5Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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