Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/namô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁nómn̥

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁néh₃-mō ~ *h₁n̥h₃-m̥n-és (“name”), a word whose precise form and inflection is highly uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.mɔːː/

Noun

*namô n

1. name

Inflection

The plural forms preserve the zero-grade forms of the suffix. The dative plural form was apparently taken from the a-stems.

Declension of *namô (neuter an-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*namô	*namnō
vocative	*namô	*namnō
accusative	*namô	*namnō
genitive	*namniz	*namnǫ̂
dative	*namni	*namnamaz
instrumental	*namnē	*namnamiz

Derived terms

• *namnijaną
• *nōmōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *namō
  • Old English: nama, noma
    • Middle English: name, nome (West Midland, Southern)
      • English: name
        • → Sranan Tongo: nen
        • → Japanese: ネーム
      • Geordie: nyem
      • Scots: name, naim, nem, nome
      • Yola: naame, name, naume
  • Old Frisian: nama, noma
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: nööm

      Heligoland: neem

      Mooring: noome

      Sylt: Naam

    • Saterland Frisian: Nome, Noome
    • West Frisian: namme
  • Old Saxon: namo
    • Middle Low German: nâme
      • Low German: Name
        • German Low German: Naam
      • Plautdietsch: Naum, Nomen
  • Old Dutch: namo
    • Middle Dutch: nāme
      • Dutch: naam, name (obsolete)
        • Afrikaans: naam
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: nam
        • Jersey Dutch: nâm
        • Negerhollands: naam
        • Petjo: naam
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: nam, naam
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: nám
      • Limburgish: naam, naom
  • Old High German: namo
    • Middle High German: nâme
      • Alemannic German: Naame

        Italian Walser: namä, noame, nomu, nàmund

      • Bavarian: Nama, Nam, Nåm

        Cimbrian: nåm, name, naamo

        Mòcheno: nu'm

        Udinese: nome, nòmm, nome, nomat

      • German: Name, Namen
      • Luxembourgish: Numm
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: Naame

      • Vilamovian: noma
      • Yiddish: נאָמען (nomen)
• ⇒ Old Norse: namn, nafn, naβn — Old East Norse, namn (converted to an a-stem based on the plural)
  • Icelandic: nafn
  • Faroese: navn
  • Norn: namn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: namn, nabn
  • Old Swedish: nampn
    • Swedish: namn
  • Old Danish: nafn, nauæn
    • Danish: navn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: navn
  • Gutnish: namn
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō)