Where does “Rouyn-Noranda” come from?

Rouyn-Noranda (French) comes from French Noranda, 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 “Rouyn-Noranda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchNoranda
2FrenchNordnorth
3Middle Frenchnordnorth
4Old Frenchnortnorth
5Old Englishnorþnorth
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “Rouyn-Noranda

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nérEvery word from Proto-Germanic nurþrazEvery word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą
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