Where does “navn” come from?

navn (Faroese) comes from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

navn (Faroese): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “navn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenafnname, title
2Proto-Germanicnamôname
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “navn”

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