Where does “namō” come from?

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

namō (Proto-West Germanic): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “namō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnamôname
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “namō

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