Where does “naamval” come from?

naamval (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch naamval, from Dutch naam, from Middle Dutch nāme, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

naamval (Afrikaans): grammatical case

Definitions

  1. grammatical case

Ancestry of “naamval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnaamvalcase
2Dutchnaamname
3Middle Dutchnāmename
4Old Dutchnamoname
5Proto-West Germanicnamōname
6Proto-Germanicnamôname
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →