Where does “norleste” come from?
norleste (Galician) comes from Galician norte, 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.
norleste (Galician): northeast
Definitions
- northeast
Ancestry of “norleste”, step by step
norleste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician norte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | norte | north; the northern portion of a territory or... |
| 2 | Middle French | nord | north |
| 3 | Old French | nort | north |
| 4 | Old English | norþ | north |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrą | north, northern; north, northward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |
via Galician leste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | leste | east; the eastern portion of a territory or... |
| 2 | French | est | east; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle French | est | third-person singular present indicative of estre |
| 4 | Old French | est | third-person singular present indicative of estre |
| 5 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |