Where does “Nord” come from?

Nord (German) comes from Middle High German nort, from Old High German nord, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Nord (German): the north (used without article; a short form of Norden)

Definitions

  1. the north (used without article; a short form of Norden)

Ancestry of “Nord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannort—
2Old High Germannordnorth
3Proto-West Germanic*norþrnorthern, northernly
4Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
5Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “Nord”

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