Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/namō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô.

Noun

*namō m[1]

name

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*namō
Genitive	namini, naman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*namō	*naman
Accusative	*naman	*naman
Genitive	namini, naman	*namanō
Dative	namini, naman	*namum
Instrumental	namini, naman	*namum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: nama, noma
- Middle English: name, nome
  - English: name
    - → Sranan Tongo: nen
    - → Japanese: ネーム
  - Geordie English: nyem
  - Scots: name, naim, nem, nome
  - Yola: naame, naume, name
Old Frisian: nama, noma
- North Frisian: nom
  - (Mooring): noome
  - (Föhr-Amrum): nööm
- Saterland Frisian: Nome
- West Frisian: namme
Old Saxon: namo
- Middle Low German: nāme, nōme, nām
  - German Low German: Naam
  - Plautdietsch: Nomen
Old Dutch: namo
- Middle Dutch: nāme
  - Dutch: naam
  - Limburgish: naam, naom
Old High German: namo
- Middle High German: name
  - Alemannic German: Naame
    Italian Walser: namä, noame, nomu, nàmund
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: nåm, name, naamo
    Mòcheno: nu'm
    Udinese: nome, nòmm, nome, nomat
  - German: Name, Namen
  - Luxembourgish: Numm
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Naame
  - Yiddish: נאָמען (nomen)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59: “PWGmc *namō”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59: “PWGmc *namō”