north
Middle English
/nɔrθ/
noun
Definitions
- north, northernness
- A location to the north; the north
- The north wind
Etymology
Inherited from Old English norþ (north) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (north).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*nurþrą
Gloss
north
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
北
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Norse English
- North Downs English
- North Macedonia English
- North Sea English
- Northavon English
- Northland English
- Northumbria English
- north English
- north-westerly English
- northbound English
- northbridge English
- northcentral English
- northeast English
- norther English
- northern English
- northie English
- northing English
- northland English
- northly English
- northmost English
- northness English
- northpaw English
- northside English
- northward English
- northwards English
- northwest English
- northwesterly English
- northwestern English
- Nord German
- nord Italian
- nord French
- norte Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁ner- Proto-Indo-European
- *ner- Proto-Indo-European
- *nurþrą Proto-Germanic
- Norþmann Old English
- norþ Old English
- norþerne Old English
- northerne Middle English
- norðr Old Norse
- norht Old French
- nort Old French
- nordo Esperanto
- nord Old High German
- nordo Ido
- nord Middle French
- *nord Old Dutch
- north Old Frisian
- north Cornish