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Where does “Norveçli” come from?

Norveçli (Turkish) comes from Turkish Norveç, from French Norvège, from Latin Norvegia, from Old Norse Norvegr, from Old Norse Norðvegr, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz.

Ancestry of “Norveçli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishNorveçNorway
2FrenchNorvègeNorway
3LatinNorvegia—
4Old NorseNorvegrnorth way
5Old NorseNorðvegr—
6Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
8Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
9Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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