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Where does “norward” come from?

norward (English) comes from English northward, from English North, from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz.

norward (English): Archaic form of northward

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of northward

Ancestry of “norward”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnorthwardThe direction or area lying to the north of a...
2EnglishNorth—
3FrenchNord—
4Middle Frenchnord—
5Old Frenchnortnorth
6Old Englishnorþnorth
7Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
8Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
9Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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