Where does “nördlich” come from?

nördlich (German) comes 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.

nördlich (German): north, northern

Definitions

  1. north, northern

Ancestry of “nördlich”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nördlich”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →