Where does “Nynorsk” come from?
Nynorsk (English) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk nynorsk, from Norwegian Nynorsk norsk, from Middle Norwegian nornskr, from Old Norse norrǿnn, from Old Norse norðrǿnn, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.
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Ancestry of “Nynorsk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | nynorsk | Nynorsk, New Norwegian Norwegian as spoken after 1500, and the written language that is based on this |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | norsk | Norwegian |
| 3 | Middle Norwegian | nornskr | Norwegian |
| 4 | Old Norse | norrǿnn | northern |
| 5 | Old Norse | norðrǿnn | northern |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrōnijaz | northern |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |