Where does “*norþr” come from?

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

*norþr (Proto-West Germanic): northern, northernly

Definitions

  1. northern, northernly

Ancestry of “*norþr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*norþr”

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