Where does “namn” come from?

namn (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse namn, from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

namn (Norwegian Nynorsk): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “namn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenamn
2Old Norsenafnname, title
3Proto-Germanicnamôname
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “namn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Proto-Germanic namô
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