- en(o)mn-̥ , (o)nomn,̥ nōmn̥ , (*(d)e(m)pen)
- en(o)mn-̥ , (o)nomn,̥ nōmn̥ , [*(d)e(m)pen]English meaning: nameDeutsche Übersetzung: “Name”Note: Root en(o)mn-̥ , (o)nomn̥, nōmn̥ , [*(d)e(m)pen]: “name” derived from p- extension of Root dü : dǝ- and düi- : dǝi- : dī̆ - : “to share, divide”: p- extension düp-, dǝp-; dǝp-no-, -ni- “ sacrificial meal “, hence it was a taboo word.Material: O.Ind. nǘ ma, instr. sg. nǘ mnü, Av. nüma “name”; Arm. anun, gen. anuan, after Meillet Esquisse 48 from *anuwn, *onomno-, after EM2 675 from *onōmno-; Gk. ὄνομα (from reduced *eno- with assimilation e - o), dial. ὄνυμα, *ἔνυμα in lak. ᾽Ενυμακαρτίδας, (reduced υ derived before μν from gen. *ἔνομνος), ἀνώνυμος, νώνυμνος “nameless”; Alb.Tosk emër, Gheg emën (*enmen-);Note: (*da-a-ma-an) > Alb.Gheg emën [common Alb.-Balt d- > zero phonetic mutation] Lat. nōmen, -inis, n. Umbr. nome, abl. nomne “name” and “people”; O.Ir. ainmm n- n., pl. anmann (*enmn̥-); O.Welsh anu, pl. enuein, out of it Welsh enw; Corn. hanow, M.Bret. hanff, hanu, Bret. ano; Goth. namo n., O.Ice. nafn n., O.E. nama, O.H.G. namo m. “name”; with ō-grade O.Fris. nōmia, M.H.G. be-nuomen “name”;Note: Taboo word for (*dap-no-) “ sacrificial animal, sacrificial meal “. O.Pruss. emnes, emmens m. (*enmen-); Slav. *ьmę, out of it *jьmę in O.C.S. imę, Ser.-Cr. ȉme, O.Cz. jmě, gen. jmene, Russ. ímja; Toch. A ñem, В ñom; Hitt. la-a-ma-an (lüman), with dissimilation of Anlauts; (*na-a-ma-an) compare finno-uGk. näm, nam, nèm, namma, magyar. nēv “name”.References: WP. I 132, Feist 369 f., Schwyzer Gk. I 352, Hirt IE Gk. II 98, 121.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.