noard
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian north, cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Dutch noord, English north, German Nord, Danish and Norwegian nord, all from a Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, and cognate with Greek νέρτερος (nérteros, “infernal, lower”) possibly all ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“left, below”), as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /no.ət/
Adverb
noard
- north
- Gean noard by Fryslân! ― Go north into Friesland!
Further reading
- “noard”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011