Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/norþr

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nurþraz.

Adjective

*norþr (comparative *norþrōʀō, superlative *norþrōst)

northern, northernly
Synonym: *norþrōnī

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

	*norþr
*westr		*austr
	*sunþr

Descendants

Old English: norþ
- Middle English: north, norþ, northe, norþe, norrþ
  - English: north
  - Scots: north
  - Yola: nordh, noardth
- → Old French: nort (see there for further descendants)
Old Frisian: north
Old Saxon: *northar, *nordar
- Middle Low German: nōrder, narder
Old High German: *nordar
- Middle High German: norder

Adverb

*norþr (comparative *norþrō, superlative *norþrōst)

in the direction of north, northward

Descendants

Old English: norþ
- Middle English: north
  - English: north
  - Scots: north
  - Yola: nordh
Old Frisian: *north
- West Frisian: noard
Old Saxon: north
Old Dutch: *north
- Middle Dutch: nort
  - Dutch: noord
    - Afrikaans: noord
    - Negerhollands: noord
    - → Papiamentu: nort, nòrt, noord
  - Limburgish: naord
Old High German: *nordar
- Middle High German: norder

Noun

*norþr m or n

north

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*norþr
Genitive	*norþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*norþr	norþrō, norþrōs
Accusative	*norþr	*norþrā
Genitive	*norþras	*norþrō
Dative	*norþrē	*norþrum
Instrumental	*norþru	*norþrum

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*norþr
Genitive	*norþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*norþr	*norþru
Accusative	*norþr	*norþru
Genitive	*norþras	*norþrō
Dative	*norþrē	*norþrum
Instrumental	*norþru	*norþrum

Descendants

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

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