namo

See also: nǟmõ and Nam̧o

Gothic

Romanization

namō

Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉

Hiri Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

Noun

namo

mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)

Lithuanian

Noun

namo m

genitive singular of namas

Middle English

Etymology

no +‎ mo

Adverb

namo

No more (of discrete items, such as would be described by mo and fewer)
- Ther was also a Reve and a Millere, / A Somnour and a Pardoner also, / A Maunciple, and myself - ther were namo. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, general prologue

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

namo m

name

Declension

Declension of namo

	Singular	Plural
nominative	namo	namin
accusative	namin	namin
genitive	namin	namno
dative	namin	namon

Descendants

Dutch: naam

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô, whence also Old Saxon namo and Old Dutch namo, Old English nama, Old Norse nafn, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

namo m

name
(grammar) noun

Declension

Declension of namo (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	namo	namon
accusative	namon	namon
genitive	namen	namōno
dative	namen	namōm

Derived terms

selb namo (manuscript) / selb-namo (editions)

Descendants

Middle High German: name
- German: Name
- Luxembourgish: Numm
- Yiddish: נאָמען‎ (nomen)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô

Noun

namo

name

Declension

Declension of namo

	Singular	Plural
nominative	namo	namon, namun, naman
accusative	namon, naman	namon, namun, naman
genitive	namen, naman, namon	namono, nomana
dative	namen, naman, namon	namon, namun
instrumental	—	—

References

Altsächsisches Elementarbuch (Germanische Bibliothek. I. Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher. I. Reihe: Grammatiken. Fünfter Band; 2nd ed., Heidelberg, 1921) by Dr. F. Holthausen; p. 246 "namo sw. M. Name.", cp. p. 106ff.
Gerhard Köbler, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, (5. Auflage) 2014

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