Where does “familienaam” come from?

familienaam (Dutch) comes 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.

familienaam (Dutch): surname; name of a taxonomic family

Definitions

  1. surname; name of a taxonomic family

Ancestry of “familienaam”, step by step

familienaam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch naam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnaamname
2Middle Dutchnāmename
3Old Dutchnamoname
4Proto-West Germanicnamōname
5Proto-Germanicnamôname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Dutch familie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfamilierelatives; family
2Latinfamiliafamily; household; A quantity of land adequate...
3Latinfamulusserving, servile; a servant, slave
4Proto-Italicfamelosservile, domestic
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Proto-Germanic namô
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