Where does “Noranda” come from?

Noranda (French) comes from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Ancestry of “Noranda”, step by step

Noranda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French Nord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchNordnorth
2Middle Frenchnordnorth
3Old Frenchnortnorth
4Old Englishnorþnorth
5Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via French Canada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCanada—
2Laurentiankanatavillage or settlement

Words derived from “Noranda”

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