Where does “mellomnavn” come from?
mellomnavn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål navn, from Danish navn, from Old Danish nauæn, from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
mellomnavn (Norwegian Bokmål): middle name
Ancestry of “mellomnavn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | navn | name |
| 2 | Danish | navn | name; reputation |
| 3 | Old Danish | nauæn | name |
| 4 | Old Norse | nafn | name, title |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |