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Where does “landnaam” come from?

landnaam (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.

landnaam (Dutch): Uncommon form of landsnaam

Definitions

  1. Uncommon form of landsnaam

Ancestry of “landnaam”, step by step

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