Where does “Lánao del Norte” come from?

Lánao del Norte (Spanish) comes from Spanish norte, 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.

Ancestry of “Lánao del Norte”, step by step

Lánao del Norte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish norte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnortenorth, northern; north; north wind
2FrenchNordnorth
3Middle Frenchnordnorth
4Old Frenchnortnorth
5Old Englishnorþnorth
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via Spanish Lánao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishLánao
2Maranaoranawlake
3Proto-Philippine*danaw
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandanawlake
5Proto-Austronesiandanawlake

via Spanish dél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdélof him, from him
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nérEvery word from Proto-Germanic nurþrazEvery word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą