Where does “naam” come from?

naam (Dutch) comes 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.

naam (Dutch): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “naam”, step by step

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

Words derived from “naam

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-