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