Where does “nordokcidento” come from?
nordokcidento (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nordo, 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.
nordokcidento (Esperanto): northwest
Ancestry of “nordokcidento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | nordo | north |
| 2 | English | North | — |
| 3 | French | Nord | — |
| 4 | Middle French | nord | — |
| 5 | Old French | nort | north |
| 6 | Old English | norþ | north |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrą | north, northern; north, northward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | — |