English
Northumbria
Northumbria comes from Middle English Northhumbre, and goes back to Old English Norþanhymbre.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Norþanhymbre
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Norþhymbrevariant of Norþanhymbre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Northhumbre
- EnglishtodayNorthumbria
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Norþanhymbre
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Norþhymbrevariant of Norþanhymbre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Northhumbre
- EnglishtodayNorthumbria
A compound of north + (of the River) Humber
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
The story
A Latinised form of Middle English Northhumbre, from Old English Norþhymbre, a variant of Norþanhymbre (‘Northumbria; Northumbrians’).
Every English word from Old English Norþanhymbre
Today it means
name An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England; in full, Kingdom of Northumbria.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Norþanhymbre / Northumbria