Where does “namfal” come from?

namfal (West Frisian) comes from West Frisian namme, from Old Frisian noma, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

namfal (West Frisian): case

Definitions

  1. case

Ancestry of “namfal”, step by step

namfal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via West Frisian namme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisiannammename
2Old Frisiannomaname
3Proto-West Germanicnamōname
4Proto-Germanicnamôname
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via West Frisian fal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianfalfall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →