Where does “navsere” come from?

navsere (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.

navsere (Northern Kurdish): middle-aged, aged

Definitions

  1. middle-aged, aged

Ancestry of “navsere”, step by step

navsere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish nav

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishnavname
2Proto-IranianHnā́maname
3Proto-Indo-IranianHnā́maname
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Northern Kurdish sere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishsereold, aged, elderly, senior
2Proto-IraniancarHdáhautumn, summer; year
3Proto-Indo-IranianćarHátsautumn, summer; year
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma →