Where does “nord-dunărean” come from?

nord-dunărean (Romanian) comes from Romanian nord, 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.

nord-dunărean (Romanian): north of the Danube

Definitions

  1. north of the Danube

Ancestry of “nord-dunărean”, step by step

nord-dunărean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian nord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannordnorth
2FrenchNordnorth
3Middle Frenchnordnorth
4Old Frenchnortnorth
5Old Englishnorþnorth
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via Romanian dunărean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandunăreanrelated to the Danube
2RomanianDunăre—
3LatinDanuvius—
4LatinDānubius—
5Proto-CelticDānowyos—
6Proto-CelticDānu—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰenh₂-to set in motion; to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →