WikiWord

North Frisian

noar

adj

Meaning

  1. narrow

Etymology / origin

From Old Frisian *naro, from Proto-West Germanic *naru, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (“narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to bend, constrict, turn, twist”).

  1. *(s)ner-(ine-pro)→
  2. *narwaz(gem-pro)→
  3. *naru(gmw-pro)→
  4. *naro(ofs)→
  5. noar (North Frisian)
  6. Relations: der, inh, der, inh

Related words

*naro(ofs)*naru(gmw-pro)*narwaz(gem-pro)*(s)ner-(ine-pro)

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