Where does “nort” come from?

nort (Middle High German) comes from Old High German nord, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Ancestry of “nort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannordnorth
2Proto-West Germanic*norþrnorthern, northernly
3Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
4Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “nort”

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