Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nurþrą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *nurþraz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnur.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*nurþrą n

north, northern

Inflection

Declension of *nurþrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nurþrą	*nurþrō
vocative	*nurþrą	*nurþrō
accusative	*nurþrą	*nurþrō
genitive	nurþras, nurþris	*nurþrǫ̂
dative	*nurþrai	*nurþramaz
instrumental	*nurþrō	*nurþramiz

Coordinate terms

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	*nurþraz
*westraz		*austraz
	*sunþraz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *norþr
- Old English: *norþ
  - Middle English: north
    - English: north
    - Scots: north
    - Yola: nordh, noardth
- Old Frisian: north m
  - Saterland Frisian: Noude, Nudde m or n
- Old Saxon: north m or n
  - Middle Low German: nort, nōrt
    - German Low German: Noord
- Old Dutch: *north
  - Middle Dutch: nort, noort n
- Old High German: nordar n, nord n or m
Old Norse: norðr
- Icelandic: norður
- Faroese: norður
- Norn: nord
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nord, norder-
- Old Swedish: nor
  - Swedish: norr, nord (influenced by Dutch or Low German)
- Danish: nord
  - Norwegian Bokmål: nord
- Gutnish: nådar, nårdar
→ Proto-Samic: *nuorttē (see there for further descendants)