Where does “ġenemnan” come from?

ġenemnan (Old English) comes from Old English nemnan, from Proto-Germanic namnijaną, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

ġenemnan (Old English): to give somebody or something a name; to name

Definitions

  1. to give somebody or something a name; to name

Ancestry of “ġenemnan”, step by step

ġenemnan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English nemnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnemnanto name, call; to enumerate; to address, speak to
2Proto-Germanicnamnijanąto name, to call, to give a name to
3Proto-Germanicnamôname
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →
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