Where does “נאָמען” come from?

נאָמען (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

נאָמען (Yiddish): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “נאָמען”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannamename
2Old High Germannamoname; noun
3Proto-West Germanicnamōname
4Proto-Germanicnamôname
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “נאָמען”

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