Where does “νάμα” come from?

νάμα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek νᾶμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

νάμα (Greek): spring, fount, source of clean water; communion...

Definitions

  1. spring, fount, source of clean water; communion...

Ancestry of “νάμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekνᾶμαRunning water: fountain, stream, river, spring
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek νᾶμα →