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
Ancestry of “noroeste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | oeste | west |
| 2 | French | ouest | west |
| 3 | Middle French | ouest | — |
| 4 | Old French | west | west |
| 5 | Old English | west | west |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |