Etymograph

English

Nordic noir

Blend of Nordic + film noir.

A blend of Nordic + film noir

Proto-Indo-European *nér ‘below the surface, below’

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Old English norþ ‘north’

Old French nort(h)

French nord ‘north’

French nordique ‘northern’

English Nordic

French film noir ‘dark film’

English film noir

Today it means

noun A subgenre of film noir, set (and usually produced) in Scandinavia; typified by psychologically complex storylines involving the investigation of cruel or brutal crime, as well as heavy use of stark landscapes, pathetic fallacy and grinding realism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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