Where does “nordre” come from?
nordre (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse norðarri, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōzô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
nordre (Norwegian Nynorsk): northern
Ancestry of “nordre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | norðarri | more northerly; most northerly |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrōzô | comparative degree of *nurþraz |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |