Where does “Nordic” come from?

Nordic comes from French nordique, composed of French nord and the suffix French -ique from Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos and h₁ner-.

Nordic (English): Of or relating to the Nordic countries; Of or...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the Nordic countries; Of or...

Ancestry of “Nordic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchnordiqueNordic, Norse
2FrenchNordnorth
3Middle Frenchnordnorth
4Old Frenchnortnorth
5Old Englishnorþnorth
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “Nordic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →