North
: This article concerns north as a direction per se. For other senses see North (disambiguation).
Etymology
The word north is traced to the Old High German nord, and the Proto-Indo-European unit ner-, meaning "left" (or "under"). (Presumably a natural primitive description of its concept is "to the left of the rising sun".)
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Traced - Old High German - Proto-Indo-European
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Definitions |
| ► | Etymology |
| ► | Magnetic north and declination |
| ► | Roles of north as prime direction |
| ► | Roles of east and west as inherently subsidiary directions |
| ► | See also |
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