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Where does “ノルマンディー” come from?

ノルマンディー (Japanese) comes from French Normandie, from Old French Normendie, from Old French Normant, from Old Norse norðmaðr, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.

Ancestry of “ノルマンディー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchNormandie—
2Old FrenchNormendie—
3Old FrenchNormantNorman
4Old Norsenorðmaðr—
5Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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