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

• *namnijan
• *namōn

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: 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

    • Yiddish: נאָמען (nomen)