Where does “ñame” come from?

ñame (English) comes 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.

ñame (English): Synonym of name

Definitions

  1. Synonym of name

Ancestry of “ñame”, step by step

ñame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English name

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnamename
2Old Englishnamaname; noun
3Proto-West Germanicnamōname
4Proto-Germanicnamôname
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Spanish ñame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishñameyam
2Wolofñàmbicassava / manioc

Words derived from “ñame”

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