Where does “nämlich” come from?

nämlich (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.

nämlich (German): same, either the same object or sometimes just...

Definitions

  1. same, either the same object or sometimes just...

Ancestry of “nämlich”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nämlich”

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