northern
English
/ˈnɔːðən/, /ˈnɔɹðɚn/, /ˈnɒðə(ɹ)n/
adj
Definitions
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
- (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
- (British) Characteristic of the North of England usually capitalised
Etymology
Derived from Middle English northerne derived from Old English norþerne derived from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz (northern).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*nurþrōnijaz
Gloss
northern
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Macedonia English
- Northern Macedonia English
- Northernness English
- nonnorthern English
- northerliness English
- northerly English
- northerner English
- northernest English
- northernism English
- northernization English
- northernize English
- northernly English
- northernmost English
- northernness English
- Noorsch Dutch, Flemish
- norrøn Norwegian Bokmål
- *nurþrōnijaz Proto-Germanic
- norrøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- norþerne Old English
- north Middle English
- northerne Middle English
- norrœna Old Norse
- norrœnn Old Norse
- norrœnn, norðrœnn Old Norse
- norðr Old Norse
- norðrœnn Old Norse
- dansk-norsk Danish
- norrøn Danish
- norsk Danish
- norrænn Icelandic
- norrønur Faroese
- nornst Old Danish
- nornskr Middle Norwegian