Where does “nordmøring” come from?

nordmøring (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk Nordmøre, from Old Norse Norðmǿrr, from Old Norse mǿrr, from Proto-Indo-European mori- — marsh, lake, sea; sea.

nordmøring (Norwegian Nynorsk): a person from Nordmøre

Definitions

  1. a person from Nordmøre

Ancestry of “nordmøring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskNordmøre—
2Old NorseNorðmǿrr—
3Old Norsemǿrr—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmori-marsh, lake, sea; sea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mori- →Every word from Old Norse mǿrr →Every word from Old Norse Norðmǿrr →