Where does “nor” come from?

nor (Norman) comes from Old French norht, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

nor (Norman): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “nor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnorht—
2Old Englishnorþnorth
3Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
4Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
5Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →