Where does “Normandy” come from?
Normandy comes from Middle English Normandie, from Old English Normandiġ, from Old French Normendie, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁ner- with various suffixes including Old French Normen- and Latin -ia.
Normandy (English): The modern region was created in 2016 with the merger of Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy
Definitions
- The modern region was created in 2016 with the merger of Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy
Ancestry of “Normandy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Normandie | — |
| 2 | Old English | Normandiġ | Normandy |
| 3 | Old French | Normendie | Normandy region in Northern France |
| 4 | Old French | Normant | Norman |
| 5 | Old Norse | norðmaðr | man from the North; Norseman |
| 6 | Old Norse | norðr | north; north, northward |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrą | north, northern; north, northward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |