Where does “Nordseegarnele” come from?
Nordseegarnele (German) comes from German Nordsee, 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.
Nordseegarnele (German): The common shrimp, Crangon crangon
Definitions
- The common shrimp, Crangon crangon
Ancestry of “Nordseegarnele”, step by step
Nordseegarnele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Nordsee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nordsee | North Sea |
| 2 | German | nord | the north (used without article; a short form of Norden) |
| 3 | Middle High German | nort | — |
| 4 | Old High German | nord | north |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *norþr | northern, northernly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |