Where does “etternamn” come from?
etternamn (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk namn, from Old Norse namn, from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
etternamn (Norwegian Nynorsk): last name, surname
Ancestry of “etternamn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | namn | name |
| 2 | Old Norse | namn | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | nafn | name, title |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |