Where does “Gattungsname” come from?
Gattungsname (German) comes from German nāme, from Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
Gattungsname (German): common noun; generic name
Definitions
- common noun; generic name
Ancestry of “Gattungsname”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | nāme | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | name | — |
| 3 | Old High German | namo | name; noun |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | namō | name |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |