Where does “n'm” come from?

n'm (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎶, from Proto-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Ancestry of “n'm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎴𐎠𐎶by name, named, called
2Proto-IranianHnā́maname
3Proto-Indo-IranianHnā́maname
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma →