Where does “nenseki” come from?

nenseki (Aukan) comes from English namesake, from English ñame, from Middle English name, from Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

nenseki (Aukan): dead relative of a newborn, who is reincarnated...

Definitions

  1. dead relative of a newborn, who is reincarnated...

Ancestry of “nenseki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnamesakeOne who is named after another or for whom...
2EnglishñameSynonym of name
3Middle Englishnamename
4Old Englishnamaname; noun
5Proto-West Germanicnamōname
6Proto-Germanicnamôname
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →