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Rh North, South. East, West.

The root means front:  means back.

The ancients faced the rising sun in naming the points of the compass; hence, east; , west; , north; , south.

The noun “north,” etc., is, etc., or , and. These latter words are obsolescent.

With reference to a house, is inwards;  is outwards.