Where does “akronüüm” come from?

akronüüm (Estonian) comes from German Akronym, from Norwegian Bokmål -onym, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

akronüüm (Estonian): acronym

Definitions

  1. acronym

Ancestry of “akronüüm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAkronymacronym
2Norwegian Bokmål-onymonym
3Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
4Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →