nord
Romansch
noun
Definitions
- north
Etymology
Borrowed from French nord derived from Old French norht derived from Old English norþ (north) derived from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (north) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (sink, bottom, shrivel, lower, below, left).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ner-
Gloss
sink, bottom, shrivel, lower, below, left
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
左
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- north English
- Nord German
- Norden German
- nord Italian
- nord French
- nordique French
- norrois French
- norte Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁ner- Proto-Indo-European
- *ner- Proto-Indo-European
- norte Portuguese
- *nurþrą Proto-Germanic
- Norþmann Old English
- norþ Old English
- north Middle English
- norðr Old Norse
- norht Old French
- nort Old French
- nord Catalan, Valencian
- norde Galician
- nord Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nord Old High German
- nordo Ido
- nor Norman
- nord Norman
- nord Middle French
- *nord Old Dutch
- nordu Aromanian
- nordost Romansh
- nordvest Romansh
- ost Romansh
- vest Romansh
- norte Asturian
- north Old Frisian
- lenor Mauritian Creole