"name" meaning in Middle English

See name in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnaːm(ə)/ Forms: names [plural], namen [plural]
Etymology: From Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|nama}} Old English nama, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*namō}} Proto-West Germanic *namō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*namô}} Proto-Germanic *namô, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*h₁nómn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} name, {{enm-noun|pl2=namen}} name (plural names or namen)
  1. name Categories (topical): Onomastics Synonyms: nome Related terms: surname

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Alternative forms

Download JSON data for name meaning in Middle English (2.9kB)

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        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "ipa": "/ˈnaːm(ə)/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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