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 — below the surface, below.

nordokcidento (Esperanto): northwest

Definitions

  1. northwest

Ancestry of “nordokcidento”, step by step

nordokcidento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto nordo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonordonorth
2EnglishNorthAny of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie
3FrenchNordnorth
4Middle Frenchnordnorth
5Old Frenchnortnorth
6Old Englishnorþnorth
7Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
8Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
9Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via Esperanto okcidento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantookcidentowest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →