Where does “ime” come from?
ime (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmin, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
ime (Serbo-Croatian): name
Ancestry of “ime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | jьmę | name |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *inˀmin | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |