Where does “norþrihte” come from?
norþrihte (Old English) comes from Old English rihte, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian 𓀠.
norþrihte (Old English): due north
Definitions
- due north
Ancestry of “norþrihte”, step by step
norþrihte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English rihte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | rihte | straight; right, in the following senses |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |