Proto-Indo-European
*nér
‘below (the surface)’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *nér.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *nér, most familiar first.
- north ← norþ ← *norþr ← *nurþraz ← *nŕ̥t(e)ros
- northern ← northerne ← norþerne ← *norþrōnī ← *nurþrōnijaz
- northmost ← norþmest ← norþ ← *norþr ← *nurþraz
- nordite ← норд ← noord ← nort ← *nord
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nér