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English word north comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ner-, Proto-Indo-European *ner-, and later Proto-Germanic *nurþraz (North, northern.)
*h₁ner- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ner- (Proto-Indo-European)
left, below, lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel
*h₁nŕ̥t(e)ros (Proto-Indo-European)
*nurþraz (Proto-Germanic)
North, northern.
*nurþrą (Proto-Germanic)
North, northward North, northern.
norþ (Old English)
North.
north (Middle English)
north (English)
Toward the north; northward. (colloquial) More or greater than.. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.. Toward the north; northward. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's [...]