Where does “Norrene” come from?

Norrene (Middle English) comes from Old English Norren, from Old Norse norrǿnn, from Old Norse norðrǿnn, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Norrene (Middle English): the Norwegian people

Definitions

  1. the Norwegian people

Ancestry of “Norrene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishNorrenNorwegian
2Old Norsenorrǿnnnorthern
3Old Norsenorðrǿnnnorthern
4Proto-Germanicnurþrōnijaznorthern
5Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
6Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “Norrene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz →