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Where does “norrøn” come from?

norrøn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse norrœnn, from Old Norse norðrœnn, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.

norrøn (Norwegian Bokmål): Norse

Definitions

  1. Norse

Ancestry of “norrøn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenorrœnnnorthern
2Old Norsenorðrœnnnorthern
3Proto-Germanicnurþrōnijaznorthern
4Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
5Proto-Indo-European*nér—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →