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.

5 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
• norteño ← norte ← norte ← nord ← nort
• northmost ← norþmest ← norþ ← *norþr ← *nurþraz
• nordite ← норд ← noord ← nort ← *nord

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nér