Where does “Klarnamenpflicht” come from?

Klarnamenpflicht (German) comes from German Klarname, 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.

Klarnamenpflicht (German): real-name system

Definitions

  1. real-name system

Ancestry of “Klarnamenpflicht”, step by step

Klarnamenpflicht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Klarname

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKlarnamereal name
2Germannāmename (forename, Christian name, given name)
3Middle High Germannamename
4Old High Germannamoname; noun
5Proto-West Germanicnamōname
6Proto-Germanicnamôname
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via German Pflicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPflichtduty
2Old High Germanpfliht—
3Proto-West Germanicplihticare, maintenance, diligence; responsibility,...
4Proto-West Germanicplehanto stand up for; to be responsible for
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →