Where does “Naam” come from?

Naam (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German nāme, from Old Saxon namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Naam (German Low German): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “Naam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannāme—
2Old Saxonnamoname
3Proto-West Germanicnamōname
4Proto-Germanicnamôname
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →