naam

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*nem-“to take”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*nemaną“to take”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*nēmō“taking”
4. Old Norse · derived fromnám“occupation; acquisition, learning, study”
5. Old English · inherited fromnām“seizure of property”
6. Middle English · inherited fromnam
7. English todaynaam

From Middle English nam, naam, from Old English nām (“seizure of property”), probably from Old Norse nám (“occupation; acquisition, learning, study”, literally “taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmō (“taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take”). Cognate with Old English nǣm (“taking, acceptance”), Old High German nāma ("seizure, confiscation"; > German Nahme).

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