English

Norwegia

Norwegia comes from Old English Norweġ ‘Norway’, and goes back to Old Norse *Norðvegr.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of norðr ‘north’ + vegr ‘way’

Proto-Indo-European *-r ‘Adverbial suffix with locative meaning’

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

Proto-Germanic *nurþraz ‘north, northern’

Proto-Germanic *nurþrą ‘north, northern’

Old Norse norðr ‘north’

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to convey, transport’

Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti ‘to be transporting’

Proto-Germanic *weganą ‘to move, carry’

Proto-Germanic *wegaz ‘way’

Old Norse vegr ‘way’

Every English word from Old Norse *Norðvegr

name Synonym of Norway: a country in Northern Europe.

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