Where does “tōnama” come from?

tōnama (Old English) comes from Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

tōnama (Old English): surname

Definitions

  1. surname

Ancestry of “tōnama”, step by step

tōnama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English nama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnamaname; noun
2Proto-West Germanicnamōname
3Proto-Germanicnamôname
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Old English tō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtōat, on; furthermore, also, besides; to, into
2Proto-West Germanic*tō—
3Proto-Germanictōto
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “tōnama”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →