Where does “namesake” come from?

Namesake comes from English name and sake, where name descends from Old English nama, Proto-Germanic namô, and Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ meaning "name."

namesake (English): One who is named after another or for whom...

Definitions

  1. One who is named after another or for whom...

Ancestry of “namesake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishñameSynonym of name
2Middle Englishnamename
3Old Englishnamaname; noun
4Proto-West Germanicnamōname
5Proto-Germanicnamôname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “namesake”

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