Where does “nafn” come from?

nafn (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

nafn (Icelandic): a name

Definitions

  1. a name

Ancestry of “nafn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenafnname, title
2Proto-Germanicnamôname
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “nafn”

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