Where does “norþerne” come from?

norþerne (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

norþerne (Old English): northern

Definitions

  1. northern

Ancestry of “norþerne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnurþrōnijaznorthern
2Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
3Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “norþerne”

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