Where does “northwestwards” come from?
northwestwards (English) comes from English northwest, from English west, from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros.
northwestwards (English): northwestward
Ancestry of “northwestwards”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | northwest | The compass point halfway between north and west,... |
| 2 | English | west | One of the four principal compass points,... |
| 3 | Middle English | west | west; A location to the south; the south; The... |
| 4 | Old English | west | west |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |