Where does “Nämlichkeit” come from?

Nämlichkeit (German) comes from German nämlich, 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.

Nämlichkeit (German): sameness, identity

Definitions

  1. sameness, identity

Ancestry of “Nämlichkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannämlichsame, either the same object or sometimes just...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Proto-Germanic namô