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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Persian | 𐎴𐎠𐎶 | by name, named, called |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | Hnā́ma | name |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hnā́ma | name |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |