Where does “northernmost” come from?

Northernmost derives from English northern, from Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁en.

northernmost (English): Farthest north

Definitions

  1. Farthest north

Ancestry of “northernmost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNorthernCharacteristic of the North of England; a steam...
2Middle Englishnorthernenorthern
3Old Englishnorþernenorthern
4Proto-Germanicnurþrōnijaznorthern
5Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
6Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz →