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Where does “Нор” come from?

Нор (Russian) 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.

Ancestry of “Нор”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchNord—
2Middle Frenchnord—
3Old Frenchnortnorth
4Old Englishnorþnorth
5Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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