Where does “navn” come from?

navn (Danish) comes from Old Danish nauæn, from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

navn (Danish): name; reputation

Definitions

  1. name; reputation

Ancestry of “navn”, step by step

navn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Danish nauæn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishnauænname
2Old Norsenafnname, title
3Proto-Germanicnamôname
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Middle English namelike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnamelike—

Words derived from “navn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →