Where does “Namensvorschlag” come from?

Namensvorschlag (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.

Namensvorschlag (German): proposed name

Definitions

  1. proposed name

Ancestry of “Namensvorschlag”, step by step

Namensvorschlag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German nāme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannāmename (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

via German Vorschlag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVorschlagsuggestion, proposal something proposed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Proto-Germanic namô