Where does “nordøstlig” come from?
nordøstlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål nordøst, from Norwegian Bokmål nord, from Danish nørd, from English nerd, from English nerts, from English nuts, from English nut, from Middle English nute — to arise, begin.
nordøstlig (Norwegian Bokmål): north-east or northeast; north-eastern or...
Definitions
- north-east or northeast; north-eastern or...
Ancestry of “nordøstlig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nordøst | north-east or northeast; a north-easterly or... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | nord | north; north, a compass direction; a land area... |
| 3 | Danish | nørd | nerd; geek |
| 4 | English | nerd | A person who is intellectual but generally... |
| 5 | English | nerts | Crazy; nuts; Nuts! Expression of dismay |
| 6 | English | nuts | plural of nut; Testicles; An unbeatable hand; the... |
| 7 | English | nut | A hard-shelled seed; A piece of metal, usually... |
| 8 | Middle English | nute | — |
| 9 | Old English | hnutu | nut |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | hnut | nut |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |