Where does “nord” come from?

nord (Romansch) comes from 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 (Romansch): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “nord”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nord”

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