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.
Ancestry of “nord”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | nort | — |
| 2 | Old High German | nord | north |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *norþr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | — |