Where does “nordo” come from?

nordo (Ido) comes from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

nordo (Ido): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “nordo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
2Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
3Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →