Where does “Norge” come from?
Norge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse Noregr, from Old Norse Norvegr, from Old Norse Norðvegr, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.
Ancestry of “Norge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | Noregr | Norway |
| 2 | Old Norse | Norvegr | north way |
| 3 | Old Norse | Norðvegr | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | norðr | north; north, northward |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrą | north, northern; north, northward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | — |
Words derived from “Norge”