Where does “Norþmandisc” come from?

Norþmandisc (Old English) comes from Old English Norþmann, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Norþmandisc (Old English): Norman

Definitions

  1. Norman

Ancestry of “Norþmandisc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishNorþmannNorseman, Dane
2Old Englishnorþnorth
3Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
4Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
5Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →