Where does “noroeste” come from?

noroeste (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese oeste, from French ouest, from Middle French ouest, from Old French west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz.

noroeste (Portuguese): northwest

Definitions

  1. northwest

Ancestry of “noroeste”, step by step

noroeste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese oeste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseoestewest
2Frenchouestwest
3Middle Frenchouest—
4Old Frenchwestwest
5Old Englishwestwest
6Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
7Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
8Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Portuguese norte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesenortenorth
2FrenchNordnorth
3Middle Frenchnordnorth
4Old Frenchnortnorth
5Old Englishnorþnorth
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →