Where does “nord-european” come from?

nord-european (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-european (Romanian): Northern European

Definitions

  1. Northern European

Ancestry of “nord-european”, step by step

nord-european 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 european

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianeuropeanEuropean
2FrenchEuropéenEuropean; person from Europe

Words derived from “nord-european”

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