English word north comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ner-, Proto-Indo-European *ner-, and later Proto-Germanic *nurþraz (North, northern.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *h₁ner- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *ner- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | left, below, lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel |
| *h₁nŕ̥t(e)ros | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *nurþraz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | North, northern. |
| *nurþrą | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | North, northward North, northern. |
| norþ | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | North. |
| north | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| north | English (eng) | 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 [...] |