Where does “navçe” come from?

navçe (Northern Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish nav, from Proto-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

navçe (Northern Kurdish): area, zone, region

Definitions

  1. area, zone, region

Ancestry of “navçe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishnavname
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 h₁nómn̥Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma