Where does “nafnbót” come from?
nafnbót (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic nafn, from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
nafnbót (Icelandic): title, rank
Ancestry of “nafnbót”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | nafn | a name |
| 2 | Old Norse | nafn | name, title |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |