Where does “nord” come from?

nord (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Ancestry of “nord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
2Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
3Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “nord”

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