Where does “Namen” come from?

Namen (German) comes from German Name, 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.

Namen (German): Alternative form of Name; inflection of Name: ##...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Name; inflection of Name: ##...

Ancestry of “Namen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Namen”

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