Where does “-onim” come from?

-onim (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Ancestry of “-onim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
2Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “-onim

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα