Where does “Nordafrikaner” come from?

Nordafrikaner (German) comes from German Nordafrika, from German nord, 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.

Nordafrikaner (German): a North African male or of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. a North African male or of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “Nordafrikaner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNordafrika
2Germannordthe north (used without article; a short form of Norden)
3Middle High Germannort
4Old High Germannordnorth
5Proto-West Germanic*norþrnorthern, northernly
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “Nordafrikaner

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér