Where does “nordvest” come from?

nordvest (Romansch) comes from Romansch nord, 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.

nordvest (Romansch): northwest

Definitions

  1. northwest

Ancestry of “nordvest”, step by step

nordvest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romansch nord

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

via Romansch vest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanschvestwest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →