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Where does “Normant” come from?

Normant (Middle English) comes from Middle English Normand, 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.

Normant (Middle English): Alternative form of Normand

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Normand

Ancestry of “Normant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishNormandAn inhabitant of Normandy
2Old FrenchNormantNorman
3Old Norsenorðmaðr—
4Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
5Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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