Where does “fornafn” come from?

fornafn (Icelandic) comes from Latin prōnōmen, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

fornafn (Icelandic): pronoun; first name, given name

Definitions

  1. pronoun; first name, given name

Ancestry of “fornafn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōnōmenpronoun
2Latinnōmenname
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “fornafn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →