Where does “nørðe” come from?
nørðe (Scanian) comes from Old Norse nyrðri, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōzô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
nørðe (Scanian): northern
Ancestry of “nørðe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | nyrðri | more northerly; most northerly |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrōzô | comparative degree of *nurþraz |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |