Where does “Name” come from?

Name (Alemannic German) comes from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Name (Alemannic German): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “Name”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannamoname; noun
2Proto-West Germanicnamōname
3Proto-Germanicnamôname
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →
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