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Where does “Normandie” come from?

Normandie (Middle English) comes from Old English Normandiġ, 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 “Normandie”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Normandie”

  • Normandy
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