English

Northman

Northman comes from Old English Norþmann.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of north + man

Proto-Indo-European *nér ‘below (the surface)’

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Proto-Germanic *nurþrą ‘north’

Proto-West Germanic *norþr ‘northern’

Old English norþ

Middle English north ‘north’

English north

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Every English word from Old English Norþmann

noun Synonym of Norse.

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