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Where does “nørræ” come from?

nørræ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse nyrðri, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōzô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “nørræ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenyrðrimore northerly; most northerly
2Proto-Germanicnurþrōzôcomparative degree of *nurþraz
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “nørræ”

  • Nørrebro
  • Nørrebro
  • nørre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →