Where does “normanner” come from?

normanner (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French normand, from Old French Normant, from Old Norse norðmaðr, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

normanner (Norwegian Bokmål): a Norman member of the people who settled in Normandy and conquered England

Definitions

  1. a Norman member of the people who settled in Normandy and conquered England

Ancestry of “normanner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchnormandNorman
2Old FrenchNormantNorman
3Old Norsenorðmaðrman from the North; Norseman
4Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
5Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “normanner”

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