Where does “nor” come from?

nor (Réunion Creole French) comes from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

nor (Réunion Creole French): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “nor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchNordnorth
2Middle Frenchnordnorth
3Old Frenchnortnorth
4Old Englishnorþnorth
5Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →
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