Where does “nord” come from?

nord (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

nord (Old High German): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “nord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*norþrnorthern, northernly
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-West Germanic *norþr →