Where does “ຄຳນາມ” come from?

ຄຳນາມ (Lao) comes from Lao ນາມ, from Pali nāma, from Sanskrit नामन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

ຄຳນາມ (Lao): noun

Definitions

  1. noun

Ancestry of “ຄຳນາມ”, step by step

ຄຳນາມ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ນາມ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoນາມname; designation; noun
2Palināmaname; immaterial factors such as consciousness...
3Sanskritनामन्name, personal name, appellation; a...
4Proto-Indo-AryanHnā́ma—
5Proto-Indo-IranianHnā́maname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Lao ຄຳ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຄຳword; speech; gold
2Proto-Taiɣamᴮnight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma →